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A shuttle service that provides rides home to School of Medicine students and employees has been expanded to include the Central West End.

The School of Medicine’s Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) will celebrate its 40th anniversary Wednesday, Aug. 21. The division also will honor 10 faculty members who have served on more than 100 DDBS PhD thesis committees.

University of Michigan IT innovator John Gohsman will serve as Washington University’s first chief information officer. During his 30-year career, Gohsman found new ways to use information technology to help in the classroom and labratory.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will institute new public hours beginning Aug. 21, 2013.

Tread the Med, the School of Medicine’s popular 100-day wellness program that encourages participants to walk 10,000 steps per day, is set to begin Thursday, Aug. 8, with a kickoff on the Medical Campus.

Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shares his thoughts with the community about progress the university has achieved in making higher education accessible and affordable.

Washington University in St. Louis received a prestigious award from ACUTA, a nonprofit group serving information technology professionals at higher education institutions. ACUTA awarded WUSTL an Institutional Excellence in Communications Technology Award this year. Pictured is Matt Arthur, Information Services & Technology director of media services and incident communications solutions.

Rick Larsen, WUSTL’s head athletic trainer, discusses injuries, The Game of Their Lives and 30 years on campus.

Washington University Medical Center faculty, staff and students will perform a summer concert Aug. 24 in the lobby of the Center for Advanced Medicine.

The International Society of Photosynthesis Research, meeting this August in St. Louis, is offering an afternoon of talks and demonstrations about the original “green” chemistry invented by bacteria and plants and its relevance to our energy future. Intended for teachers, students and the public, “Photosynthesis in our Lives” will take place from 3- 5 p.m. the afternoon of Sunday, August 11, 2013 in the Parkview room at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch.  RSVP to: http://parc.wustl.edu/outreachRSVP by August 7, 2013.