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WUSTL faculty and staff are invited ti discuss “Covering” by New York University law professor Kenji Yoshino. Both a poetic memoir and a powerful legal analysis, “Covering” argues that all of us “cover,” ordownplay traits society frowns upon, to better blend into the mainstream.

WUSTL is seeking public comment about the university as part of its reaccreditation process with the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. Comments are due by Aug. 21. 

New Interstate 64/Highway 40 interchanges that include an exit at Tower Grove Avenue to access the Washington University Medical Center and a new ramp from Boyle Avenue onto westbound I-64/40 have been delayed until mid-July.

Washington University in St. Louis faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to march in this year’s St. Louis PrideFest Parade at 11 a.m. June 29. WUSTL participants will meet at the parade staging area in Kiener Plaza, located at Seventh and Market streets.

Parking fees for most Danforth Campus WUSTL employees and students will increase this year. As parking grows more scarce, employees are urged to try carpooling, Metro, cycling or another alternative transportation program. Alternative transportation coordinator Andrew Heaslet offers personal transportation consultations.

Mary Langston Parker, MD, a dedicated physician, researcher and director of student health services at Washington University, died Saturday, May 24, 2014, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Parker was an associate professor emeritus of preventive medicine and a mother of five.

This article lists WUSTL employees recognized in 2014 for 10 or more years of service to the university.

Parkview Place will close July 7 for up to 24 months due to construction of the new north campus tower on the old Jewish Hospital site. Patients receiving care in the Center for Advanced Medicine will not be able to use Parkview to access the CAM and the North Garage.

Robert Schreiber, PhD, delivered the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Memorial Lecture in May. The annual lecture honors a beloved former Washington University medical oncologist and researcher whose groundbreaking discoveries opened new doors to understanding and treating cancer.

Faculty and staff at Washington University School of Medicine are invited to a WUSTLnomics forum and brown-bag lunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27. The forum, the focus of which will be the university’s efficiency efforts, will be in Moore Auditorium, on the first floor of the North Building.