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The View From Here 8.27.18

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

First of many lasts: Chancellor celebrates final Convocation

Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, who will step down next spring after 24 years, delivered his 21st and final Convocation address to the 1,800 cheering members of the Class of 2022. The largely ad-libbed speech had more laughs, more applause and more emotion than its predecessors.

Roa memorial service planned Sept. 15

A memorial service in honor of Necita Roa, MD, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15 in Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus. Roa was associate professor emerita of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She died in May at age 74.

Campus & Community

Leading the way

Washington University in St. Louis is being recognized nationally for its institution-wide sustainability efforts: the school recently earned a gold STARS rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Jennings named chief of musculoskeletal radiology

Jack W. Jennings, MD, PhD, associate professor of radiology, has been named chief of musculoskeletal radiology for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Campus & Community

Washington University represented at University Alliance of the Silk Road meeting

This summer, representatives from Washington University took part in an executive council meeting of the University Alliance of the Silk Road, held at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in China. A member institution of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, XJTU is a key strategic international partner for Washington University.

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Welcoming the Class of 2022

The Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2022 arrived on the Danforth Campus South 40 with mini-fridges, duvet covers and big hopes for their new home. But they weren’t alone. They were joined by new faculty fellows Jeff Zacks and Lerone Martin.

Campus & Community

Obituary: J. Russell Little, professor emeritus of medicine, 87

J. Russell Little, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, died Aug. 18 in St. Louis following a long illness. He was 87. Little was on the faculty at the School of Medicine from 1964 to 2005.

Urban Meyer’s mild sanctions: A study in tone-deafness, inconsistency and power of gridiron dollars

When leaders in collegiate athletics receive this kind of pass, it is especially discouraging … given that their broad charge is to set examples of trust, honesty and integrity for the influential student-athletes who they are supposed to oversee and provide guidance.

Medicine & Health

Alzheimer’s one day may be predicted during eye exam

Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors’ offices, School of Medicine researchers have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer’s in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.