Licensed supplier fair is March 6

The university’s annual trademark licensed supplier fair will take place next month. The fair will be 11 a.m.–2 p.m. March 6 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus. The fair is open to university faculty, staff and students. RSVP by March 2 to attend.
McCune to be scholar-in-residence at 26th American Men’s Studies conference

McCune to be scholar-in-residence at 26th American Men’s Studies conference

Jeffrey Q. McCune Jr., associate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies and of African and African-American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will deliver the keynote address for “Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities,” the 26th annual conference of the American Men’s Studies Association.

Nominate student for Switzer award

The Women’s Society of Washington University seeks nominations for the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award. The nomination deadline is Feb. 23.
Washington People: Patty Heyda

Washington People: Patty Heyda

How do you restore community? Do you honor local context? Or do you bulldoze everything and try to start again? In this video, Patty Heyda, associate professor in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, discusses the history, isolation and current revival of Botanical Heights, the St. Louis neighborhood formerly known as McRee Town.

Staff invited to participate in passport program

Washington University in St. Louis staff are invited to participate in the university’s many diversity and inclusion programs, including  the upcoming Day of Discovery & Dialogue, through the new Staff Passport Program.  
DiPersio to become president of transplantation society

DiPersio to become president of transplantation society

John DiPersio, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Oncology and deputy director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected to the top leadership post in the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He will take over the role during the society’s meetings in Salt Lake City later in February. 
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