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Washington University is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct. WUSTL maintains a Compliance Hotline — at (314) 362-4998 — to provide members of the university community a means to anonymously report concerns or suspected violations of the university’s Code of Conduct.

All Washington University campuses will be tobacco-free beginning Thursday, July 1. Under the new university policy, smoking and tobacco use will be prohibited on all university-owned and -managed properties. 

Michelle L. Milligan, EdD, has been promoted to associate provost, effective July 1, announced Edward S. Macias, PhD, provost, executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not simply a random accident. There will be more of these spills to come, as the days of easy oil are over, says an anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis.

Recycling at the School of Medicine is about to get easier. Most recyclable items will be able to be placed in the same container throughout the School of Medicine starting July 1

The diabetes drug rosiglitazone has been under intense scrutiny since a 2007 study in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at more than 40 clinical trials and linked the drug’s use with increased risk of heart attack and death from heart disease.

WUSTL police staff members meet Matt, an Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale, during the IACLEA Family Event at Grant’s Farm June 20. Washington University, led by a university-wide committee chaired by WUSTL Police Chief Strom, hosted the 2010 IACLEA (International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators) annual conference in St. Louis June 18-22.  

Ramesh Agarwal has won a series of awards this past year both for his work in green aviation (using computational fluid dynamics and flow control to increase the energy efficiency of airplanes, trucks and wind turbines) and for his tireless devotion to teaching and mentoring engineering students.

In a step toward curing diabetes in humans, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have alleviated the disease in rats using transplants from both embryonic and adult pigs. The rats adopted the pig transplants as their own and produced enough insulin to control their blood sugar – all without the need for anti-rejection drugs.

The U.S. Senate lost one of its staunchest defenders and most influential leaders with the death Monday, June 28, of long-serving Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. “The death of Robert Byrd is important,” says Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis. “He was first and foremost a senator. He loved the Senate and was the strongest defender of its traditions.”