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St. Louis Region

College Transit Challenge returns Sept. 20

WashU Bear and SLU Billiken mascots on MetroLink platform
WashU students, faculty and staff  are invited to break out their U-Passes Sept. 20 to compete in the annual College Transit Challenge, an annual celebration of public transportation sponsored by Citizens for Modern Transit. 
Cancer Research

New home for world-class cancer care opens on Medical Campus

Siteman Cancer Center new building
Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, soon will open a newly constructed nine-story, 657,250-square-foot building on the Washington University Medical Campus. The state-of-the-art building will be dedicated exclusively to outpatient cancer care and will welcome its first patients Sept. 30.
Advancement

Wall installed as Baker Professor

Lindley Wall at installation ceremony
Lindley B. Wall, MD, has been installed as the Jacqueline N. Baker and W. Randolph Baker Professor at WashU Medicine. Wall is a national leader in hand and upper-extremity surgeries for pediatric patients.
Awards & Notables

Bailey named a top St. Louis leader

Speaker on stage at town hall
Carla Bailey, director of learning and development for Human Resources at WashU, has been named one of Women We Admire’s “Top 50 Women Leaders of St. Louis for 2024” for development and delivery of leadership and team-building programs and workshops.
Literature

WashU faculty taking part in Catholic Enlightenment symposium

faculty members involved in Catholic Enlightenment conference
Rebecca Messbarger, in Arts & Sciences, is among the organizers of a symposium on “The Catholic Enlightenment in Europe, the Americas and Australia (1700-1840),” which will take place at WashU and at Saint Louis University Sept. 20 and 21. Some other faculty also are speaking.
Performing Arts

(Re)Discovering Julia Perry

Julia Perry
The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present “(Re)Discovering the Musical Legacy of Julia Perry,” a symposium and concert exploring the legacy of the late modernist composer, Sept. 27 and 28.