Announcements

Public Health Cubed is a rapid seed funding mechanism for Institute for Public Health faculty scholars. This cycle seeks projects focused on health equity and community and social disparities. Submit ideas by Aug. 15.

A comprehensive pedestrian and driver safety program is being developed by the Operations and Facilities Management Department at Washington University School of Medicine.

A new IT services organization focused on providing IT infrastructure and services to the university’s research community has launched.

Parking and Transportation reminds the campus community to plan ahead before traveling to campus around the July 4 holiday. On Monday, July 3, the West Campus shuttle will be in service from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the Campus Circulator will operate from 7:40 a.m. to 7 p.m. Some spaces on the east surface lot at West Campus will be unavailable July 3 and 4 and early July 5.

The Washington University School of Medicine is accepting applications for the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to support junior investigators who have no national peer-reviewed research grant support.

The next universitywide blood drives will be held next week, on Wednesday, June 28, and Friday, June 30. All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate.

A new Education & Campus Support Services program launched by the School of Medicine’s Operations and Facilities Management Department will manage all shared spaces at the school.

An exhibit titled “‘Skill, tenderly applied, works wonders’ – A History of The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis” is open through Aug. 31 in the Bernard Becker Medical Library’s Glaser Gallery. Learn more on the library’s website.

Applications for the next cycle of the university’s LEAP Inventor Challenge are due by Monday, June 5. University faculty, postdoctoral, staff and graduate student teams are eligible.

The Campus Kitchen at Washington University seeks volunteers during the summer to help prepare meals for the hungry. Cooking shifts are 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 6 through Aug. 10 at the First Congregational Church on Wydown Boulevard.