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U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Wesley FarnsworthAirmen load the MRI machine onto a C-17 Globemaster.Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Scott Air Force Base recently loaded the 26,000-pound heart of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine onto a C-17 ultimately bound for Argentina. The MRI equipment was donated to a hospital in Salta, Argentina, by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

WUSTL Photo ServicesWUSTL’s ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science CampWashington University in St. Louis will host its third ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp June 14-26. The Danforth Campus will welcome 48 middle schoolers from traditionally underrepresented populations who are academically qualified, recommended by their teachers and genuinely interested in math and science. The free residential camp gives students a first-hand experience with experiments, role models and innovative programs to encourage their continued participation in math and science courses in school. A special “ExxonMobil Media Day” will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. June 17 at the Mallinckrodt Center, lower level. Campers will work side by side with scientists to complete an engineering challenge.

B. Don Taylor III, J.D., has been named executive director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and Cash Nickerson Fellow at the School of Law. “Don Taylor’s extensive practical experience and scholarship in the areas of international criminal tribunals and courts will be a wonderful addition to the work of the Harris Institute,” […]

Photo by Eileen A. ClerRiccardo Ferdani (left), staff scientist in radiology, teaches students from Flynn Park Elementary in the University City School District about nanotechnology through the Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology grant.

The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis jointly announce the selection of artists Bruce Yonemoto and Ian Monroe as the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellows for the academic years 2009-10 and 2010-11, respectively. The Freund Fellowship consists of two month-long residencies in the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Art and a Currents exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. The collaboration was established in 1995.

Washington University is dismayed and shocked to learn that an attack was made today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The university has a long-standing commitment to human rights and religious studies, including the Holocaust and Jewish studies, as well as being a sponsor of Holocaust lectures by experts from around the world.

The following incidents were reported to University Police May 13-June 9. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. May 14 1:46 p.m. — A […]

Danforth Campus employees were recognized during a May 18 ceremony for 10, 15, 20, 26, 30, 35 and 40 years of service.

In conjunction with National HIV Testing Day, free, confidential HIV testing is available June 29-July 2, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in the Storz Building, 4570 Children’s Place. No appointment is necessary.

The women’s track and field team capped the 2009 NCAA outdoor track and field championships with its best finish in school history May 23, coming in fifth overall with 28 points. The team trailed Gustavus Adolphus College by six points heading into the final two events of the day — the 5,000-meter run and the […]