The decision for implementing the Violent Weather Plan for Commencement ceremonies will be made by 7 a.m. May 16. Major local radio and TV stations will be given the information, and it will appear on wustl.edu and be announced through campus e-mail.
After this issue, our monthly summer publication schedule takes effect. The Record will publish June 12, then once in July and in early August before resuming weekly publication in late August. We hope you and your family have a safe and enjoyable summer.
Ronald Leax, the Halsey Cooley Ives Professor of Art, has been named dean of art, according to Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Leax will lead the College of Art and the Graduate School of Art, succeeding Jeff Pike, the Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professor in Art.
A School of Medicine infectious disease specialist sparked an international investigation and a recall of heparin, blamed for deaths and severe reactions worldwide.
Photo by David KilperHenry Biggs, Ph.D., is a Renaissance man whose passions include his family, travel, running and adventure. But even with his impressive resume, Biggs’ focus at WUSTL is something a bit more down-to-earth — undergraduate research.
Troy Paredes, J.D., professor of law, was nominated by President George W. Bush May 6 to serve as one of five commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission.