Taylor Avenue closing each night Feb. 2-11
Beginning at 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2, Taylor Avenue between McKinley and Clayton avenues will be reduced to two lanes of traffic each night until Feb. 11 for the installation of Ameren substation feeder conduits below Taylor.
Lane of Kingshighway Boulevard to close for crane construction
At 9 a.m., Friday, Jan. 30, contractors will close one lane of northbound Kingshighway Boulevard, just north of Children’s Place and extending past Parkview Place, to begin construction of a tower crane. The lane will reopen at 3 p.m. the same day.
Rett Spectrum Clinic to open on Medical Campus
The Rett Spectrum Clinic, a specialty clinic designed to care for and support children with Rett syndrome and related disorders including CDKL5, will open Jan. 30 on the Medical Campus.
Faculty Achievement Award nominations sought
Nominations are being accepted for Washington
University in St. Louis’ annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the
Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty
Cori Faculty Achievement Award.
Severe weather information for faculty, staff and students
In the unlikely event that Washington University alters the normal work and/or class schedule due to severe weather, an announcement will be posted on the university’s home page, and a number of media outlets also will air an announcement.
Basketball Staff and Faculty Family Day set for Jan. 18
All Washington University in St. Louis employees and their families are invited to the Bears basketball annual Faculty and Staff Family Day beginning at noon Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Athletic Complex.
Medical Campus winter concert Saturday, Jan. 17
Washington University Medical Center faculty, staff and students will perform their annual winter concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the lobby of the Center for Advanced Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place. The event is free and open to the public.
School of Medicine art show accepting submissions
The School of Medicine’s 11th Annual Art Show is accepting submissions from students, faculty and staff. The art show will be held in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center atrium, 520 S. Euclid Ave., from Jan. 13 through Feb. 11.
YouthBridge competition invites entrants, celebrates 10th anniversary
The YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition is marking its 10th anniversary. The competition, a partnership with the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship, encourages nonprofits to create earned-income models for sustainability, rather than relying on grants and donations. Entries are due Monday, Jan. 5.
Staff study-abroad program to visit South Korea
Attention Washington University staff members looking for an experience described as “wonderful,” “insightful” and “enriching”: Apply now for a chance to travel to South Korea in the summer of 2015 through the Global Diversity Overseas Seminar Program. The program is a professional development opportunity for staff that looks at diversity from a global perspective. Past cohorts have traveled to Ghana, Chile, Paris and Shanghai.
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