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Washington People: Melissa Hopkins

Melissa Hopkins, assistant vice chancellor and assistant dean of facilities operations at the School of Medicine, excels at multi-tasking. At work, she oversees facilities engineering, design and construction, support services, business operations and protective services. At home, she and her husband have three children with plans to adopt three more. Further, she also shares custody of three children and has three adult sons from a previous marriage.

Joyce elected fellow of National Academy of Public Administration

Mary Ellen Joyce, PhD, executive director of Brookings Executive Education, recently has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Medicine & Health

Gordon awarded King Faisal International Prize in Medicine

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, director of the Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine.

Campus & Community

Washington University Libraries launches faculty survey March 3

Washington University in St. Louis faculty on the Danforth Campus are invited to complete a survey about resources and services offered by Washington University Libraries. The survey will help the libraries better develop, enhance and deliver the collections and services designed to meet the current and future needs of the campus community.

Medicine & Health

New target identified in fight against Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis

Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests that triggering a protein found on the surface of brain cells may help slow the progression of these and other neurological diseases.

Manary awarded grant for research involving pregnant, malnourished teens in Malawi

Mark J. Manary, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded one of three research grants from the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Emergency sirens to be tested March 2 and 3

Washington University will test its emergency siren systems at 11 a.m. Monday, March 2, and again at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3. The tests will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University, Wells Fargo Advisors celebrate community partnership March 3

What: Washington University and Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) present “Innovate, Accelerate, Transform: Investing in People, Businesses and Communities,” an event showcasing the beneficial results of their unique community partnership. When: 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 3. Where: Washington University’s Danforth Campus, Knight/Bauer Hall campus map Who: Washington University students, faculty and alumni, as well as […]

Arts & Culture

Segregation, social justice and the American Bottom

The Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have announced the first recipients of Faculty Collaborative Grants. Presented under the auspices of The Divided City, a new urban humanities initiative, the awards are funded in part by a four-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Campus & Community

Raichle named Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Marcus E. Raichle, MD, has been named an inaugural Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine. A professor of radiology, psychology, biomedical engineering, neurobiology and neurology, his many honors include the 2014 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience.