Announcements

The School of Medicine’s Facilities Integrated Service Center will open Thursday, June 2, in its new location at the Mid Campus Center.

Metro U-Pass registration and fiscal year 2023 faculty and staff parking permits will be available starting Monday, June 6, Parking and Transportation Services announced.

The Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC) has opened at the McDonnell Genome Institute on the Medical Campus. The MTAC offers proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics and spatial omics services to help researchers answer questions in basic, translational and clinical research.

University employees are encouraged to donate food items for kids to Operation Food Search next week. Collection sites will be available Tuesday, May 24, on both the Danforth and Medical campuses.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff until sunset Monday, May 16, in memory of the 1 million Americans who have died of COVID-19.

Parking and Transportation Services shares end-of-year updates, including parking and shuttle changes due to Commencement, Danforth Campus parking permit availability for WashU faculty and staff, summer shuttle schedules and more.

Recognition Days will honor university staff members, 2022 service award recipients and Distinguished Honor Award winners beginning May 23.

The First Year Center is now known as Student Transitions & Family Programs, a reflection of the department’s expanded role supporting all undergraduate day-school students at Washington University.

Many sessions from this year’s Day of Dialogue and Action were recorded and are now available to view online.

Washington University in St. Louis has joined ​​Lights Out Heartland, a local initiative to limit light pollution during periods of peak bird migration — April and May in the spring and September and October in the fall.