Announcements

The Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis will host local and national organizations on Wednesday, Sept. 19, for the Fall Internship & Job Career Fair. The event is sponsored by the university’s Career Center. The fair will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Recreational Gym of the Athletic Complex.

Forsyth Boulevard will be reopened to vehicular traffic at noon Thursday, Aug. 16. Forsyth and the underpass will remain closed to pedestrian traffic until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17.

Celebrate another successful Tread the Med walking campaign at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12 in the Barnes-Jewish Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine Hope Plaza.

Applications for the K12 Clinical Hematology Research Career Development Program scholars are being accepted through Oct. 22. The K12 Career Development Program is aimed at clinical or research fellows, instructors or recently appointed assistant professors committed to research in non-malignant hematology.

Solar lanterns. Bicycle-powered cell phone chargers. A personal water-purifier the size of a large straw. Today, some of the world’s most creative, challenging and sophisticated design is found not in museums or showrooms, but in the poor, makeshift urban settlements that collectively house nearly a billion people. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, a major survey that aims to expand contemporary definitions of just what constitutes “good design.”

Steven Strasberg, MD, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award/Gold Medallion of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) for his numerous contributions to the field of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.

University College will host a Preview Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, in Holmes Lounge in Ridgley Hall. Preview Night provides information on class and program offerings, WUSTL employees’ tuition benefits, admissions requirements and financial aid. Fall semester classes at University College start Aug. 28.

Staff members from WUSTL’s University Archives have started a blog, Bears Repeating: History and Happenings from Washington University Archives. The blog will focus on a range of subjects from WUSTL and St. Louis history to updates on archives-related events and projects.

The St. Louis Children’s Hospital Child Development Centers has immediate openings for children from ages 2-5.

Members of the Washington University School of Medicine community are welcome to join one of two longstanding Weight Watchers meetings on the Medical Campus.