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A memorial service for Abdullah M. Nassief, M.D., associate professor of neurology, will be held at 1 p.m. May 9 in Connor Auditorium in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the School of Medicine.

Forget your keys recently, can’t remember where you put your reading glasses and feeling a little blue? It could be that you’re not getting enough vitamin D. Researchers at the School of Medicine studying the effects of vitamin D deficiency on the elderly have found a correlation of mild depression and forgetfulness with low levels of vitamin D.

Photo by Whitney CurtisRichard J. Smith, Ph.D., dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Ralph E. Morrow Distinguished University Professor of physical anthropology, meets with students after he presented them and 10 other recipients with the Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence April 20.

Four of the School of Medicine’s preeminent Alzheimer’s disease researchers will star in an HBO documentary series premiering in St. Louis May 4 at the Missouri History Museum.

The Graduate Professional Council (GPC) hosted its Bridging GAPS Leadership and Awards Ceremony April 6 in the Graduate Center in the Danforth University Center. The Bridging GAPS (Graduate and Professional Students) Awards recognize graduate student groups and individual leaders for outstanding contributions in promoting interdisciplinary programs and for promoting communication, cooperation and collaboration between graduate students across schools. GPC and three other major graduate student groups also recognized their 15th anniversaries this academic year during the event.

A memorial service for Abdullah M. Nassief, M.D., associate professor of neurology, will be held at 1 p.m. May 9 in Connor Auditorium in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center at the School of Medicine.

The Graduate Professional Council (GPC) hosted its Bridging GAPS (Graduate and Professional Students) Leadership and Awards Ceremony April 6 in the Graduate Center in the Danforth University Center. GPC, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this academic year, is the graduate student association that represents WUSTL’s approximately 6,000 graduate and professional students. GPC created its […]

Charles Burson, J.D., has been named the School of Law’s first senior professor of practice. The new position is for distinguished lawyers and legal practice senior lecturers who meet criteria established by the law faculty to serve as full-time teaching faculty. “The new senior professor of practice designation creates an effective and innovative means for […]

Washington University recycled 428,663 pounds of waste this spring to rank No. 28 out of 293 schools — among the top 10 percent — in the annual RecycleMania contest’s Gorilla category, which is based on total recycled materials collected.

Photo by Robert BostonWarm and engaging, Brad Warner, M.D., pediatric surgeon-in-chief at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the Apolline Blair St. Louis Children’s Hospital Professor of Surgery, is widely regarded for his clinical expertise in pediatric cancer surgery and surgical procedures for inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal illnesses.