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Susan Wightman (right) receives a wrapped silver platter from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton April 7 in recognition of her 25 years of service to Washington University. The 2010 25th Anniversary Reception, held at Harbison House, honored Wightman and 92 other faculty and staff members for their quarter-century of dedication to Washington University.

Girls and young women who drink alcohol increase their risk of benign (noncancerous) breast disease, says a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University. Benign breast disease increases the risk for developing breast cancer. 

Six outstanding individuals will receive the 2010 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the Knight Center. Founded during the Sesquicentennial year in 2003-04, the Ethic of Service award annually recognizes select members of the university community who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region.

WHAT: The 20th annual Pow Wow at Washington University, a festival of American Indian cultures WHEN: Saturday, April 10 from noon to 10 p.m. Grand entries of dancers will be showcased at 1 and 6 p.m. Arts & crafts booths will open at 10 a.m. WHERE: Washington University’s Athletic Center, near the intersection of Forsyth […]

I. Jerome Flance, MD, a renowned physician, educator and pulmonary disease specialist at Washington University School of Medicine since the 1940s, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 98.

As told by WUSTL alumna Stacey Robertson Maurice And then John Evans, the brave man that he is, walked out on the spit to one side of the cove, the waves crashing over his legs. He got out far enough that he was past the worst of the breakers, and then the Zodiac with the […]

Of note Hugh Macdonald, the Avis H. Blewett Professor of Music in Arts & Sciences, received a gold medal from La Renaissance Française April 1 at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Macdonald was honored for his scholarship on 19th-century French composers Hector Berlioz, Jules Massenet, Edouard Lalo and Emmanuel Chabrier as well as his […]

The Jane and Whitney Harris Community Service Award was presented to Geraldine and Robert Virgil for their outstanding contributions to the St. Louis region.

Social commentator, actress and comedian Nancy Giles will explore why “Mentoring Matters” for the Assembly Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 15 in Graham Chapel. The talk is free and open to the public.

Senior Zach Greenberg was selected Mr. Wash U April 1 at Edison Theatre. He beat out 16 contestants in the yearlong, annual event that raises money for the charity City Faces.