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Join other Washington University Medical Center employees to celebrate the opening of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18.

The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representative are working toward a final version of the financial reform bill, which is expected be on the desk of President Barack Obama by July 4. Securities law expert Hillary A. Sale, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that is coming at a good time for the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Washington University School of Law has developed a new summer course, the Associate in Training (AIT) Program, which focuses on advanced lawyering skills training and professional skill development. “The goal of the AIT Program is to give law students an opportunity to improve their practical skills and knowledge of a variety of types of law firm settings,” says Tomea Mayer Mersmann, JD, associate dean for strategic initiatives. 

Saulo Klahr, MD, a kidney disease expert and former director of the Washington University Department of Medicine’s Renal Division, died June 3, 2010, at Parc Provence in Creve Coeur, Mo.

Of note Dewey Holten, PhD, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, and Christine R. Kirmaier, PhD, research associate professor of chemistry, have received a five-year, $894,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Primary Electron Transfer Processes in Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers.” … Jason C. Mills, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology […]

Faculty, staff and students who park vehicles on the Danforth Campus must renew their permits for the upcoming 2010-11 academic year. Permits can be renewed online at parking.wustl.edu or at the Parking and Transportation Services office in North Campus. Permits for the 2009-10 academic year expire June 30.

Most students are gone for the summer, but WUSTL Dining Services is keeping notable locations open on the Danforth Campus to serve students, faculty and staff remaining on campus from June 14-August 14.

At the service awards ceremony, the following people were recognized for 10 years of service to the university: Chiquita C. Anderson, Bethann M. Anglin, David L. Archer, Jason R. Becker, Henry Biggs, Jeannine D. Cahill, Ai-Li Cai, Jennifer Chandler, Wade Andrew Charleston, Mary Ann Clifford, Gregory Macleod Coan, Linda K. Coffin, Jonathan L. Cohen, Kim […]

Gloria White award-winner Donna Williams has been a “steadying hand” for the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Williams was recognized with the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award in a May 24 ceremony in Edison Theatre on Staff Day. Throughout Staff Day, WUSTL employees were recognized for their years of service to the university, their athletic prowess, and their luck,

A protein that helps build the brain in infants and children may aid efforts to restore damage from multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurodegenerative diseases, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.