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Images captured in and around the Washington University campuses.

Anthony Tillman, assistant provost at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has been appointed an associate provost at Washington University. When Tillman joins the university in summer 2016, he will coordinate programs aimed at ensuring the success of low-income and first-generation students.

Herbert (Herb) Weitman, who served as director of photographic services at Washington University for more than four decades, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis. He was 89.

The Harvey Media Center in the Danforth University Center will hold an open house from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, for students, faculty and staff to learn more about the resources available there.

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will be $48,950 for the 2016-17 academic year — a $1,650 increase over the 2015-16 current academic tuition of $47,300, announced Amy B. Kweskin, vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer. As with last year, when the percentage increase was the university’s lowest in 47 years, the percentage increase remains at 3.5 percent.

Fuzhong Zhang, PhD, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was honored with the 2016 Daniel I.C. Wang Award from the journal Biotechnology & Bioengineering.

Daniel J. Leopold, PhD, research associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Dec. 10, 2015, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 61.

Richard W. Davis, PhD, professor emeritus of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in hospice care at Laclede Groves in St. Louis. He was 80.

Bears basketball Staff/Faculty and Family Day will be Saturday, Jan. 9, against the University of Chicago. The No. 11-ranked women’s team tips off at 1 p.m. at the Field House, followed by the men’s game at 3 p.m. Admission is free.

Rickey E. Mifflin, a mechanic in Facilities Planning & Management at Washington University in St. Louis since 1984, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.