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This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness. Visit the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Arrest William Harris, 24, was arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a University student that occurred Feb. 12 in the South 40, according to Don Strom, chief of University Police. Harris was arrested […]

James N. Holsen II, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering from 1971-72, died Monday, March 12, 2007. He was 82.

Krikor T. Dikranian, M.D., Ph.D.; Jay F. Piccirillo, M.D.; and David W. Windus, M.D., recently received the Samuel R. Goldstein Leadership Awards for excellence in education.

The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis begins its 44th season of free Sunday performances at 7:30 p.m. July 8 in Brookings Quadrangle. Concerts continue through July.

William C. “Billy” Kaufmann, a multimedia specialist in Medical Computing Services at the School of Medicine, died Monday, May 14, 2007, in a motorcycle accident in south St. Louis.

Franklin Johnson, Ph.D., assistant dean of engineering from 1978-1984, died Saturday, April 28, 2007.

Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration John E. Klein has been named as the ninth president of Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va.

Speaking at the 146th Commencement ceremony May 18, the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” told the audience of more than 14,000 that while this year’s some 2,600 graduates have done well and have the world at their feet, one of their real responsibilities is to take care of the world’s children.

The School of Medicine is launching the center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, a new effort to study infectious diseases that preferentially affect women.