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Announcements
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United Way Halloween Event
Stop by Lopata Gallery on October 31 from 12:15 - 1 p.m. to enjoy a free Halloween treat and view the pumpkins entered in the pumpkin competition. On Monday, October 27, a pumpkin will be delivered to each department. Faculty and staff are invited to carve and/or decorate the pumpkin for entry into the competition.
The contest winners will receive a bowling party for up to 10 people at Pin-Up Bowl on The Loop (a retail value of up to $230). Judges will select the winner of the competition at 12:30 p.m.
A drawing for a variety of other prizes will immediately follow. School of Engineering employees who donate to United Way by October 29 will be included in the drawing for prizes.
Please contact Nikki Lemley at 5-5019 or nlemley@wustl.edu with any questions. We hope to see you there!
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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
The Network Security Office and the School of Medicine Information Security Team would like to share tips with you on how to not fall for Phishing scams.
- Washington University will never send an email signed 'The WUSTL support team' or 'The WUSTL.edu helpdesk' or any variation. An email from Washington University should always include a real person's name and contact info at the bottom.
- Financial institutions, universities and other companies will never send an email asking for personal information like ID numbers, social security numbers, usernames, passwords, etc. These emails are from cybercriminals posing as the institution. Do not reply to these.
- Do not open attachments or click on links in emails from someone you don't know or if you were not expecting it. If it looks sketchy, ask the person before you open the attachment or click on the link.
- If you receive an email from a business or university you were not expecting, do not click on any of the links. Instead, use Google to search for the URL of the real site, and go directly to the website by typing it in your browser.
- Do not reply or try to unsubscribe from these emails.
- Delete phishing emails or forward them to the Network Security Office or Infosec@wusm.wustl.edu. When possible we will report them and have the sites taken down.
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New Faculty Tools Available - Faculty Compliance Profile and Research Gateway
I am pleased to announce the introduction of two new tools to help faculty meet their clinical, research, and environmental compliance and educational responsibilities and access critical tools necessary to conduct their research projects - the Faculty Compliance Profile and the Research Gateway. Please see below for additional information on and access to each of these tools.
I, along with the many individuals who helped develop these tools, believe that they will greatly improve the effectiveness of our faculty and staff.
Sincerely,
Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research
Faculty Compliance Profile
- Interactive web-based tool, designed to provide faculty with the ability to identify the various mandatory compliance and educational activities required for his or her specific responsibilities and provide easy, direct access to these activities
- Requirements that can be accessed include Animal Studies Education, Code of Conduct Certification, Effort Reporting Education, Environmental Health and Safety requirements, HIPAA Education, Human Research Protection education, Physician Billing and Compliance Education, and Radiation Safety requirements.
- Only available to faculty and must be completed annually.
- User instructions are available at: http://complianceprofile.wustl.edu/UserInstructions.pdf
- Variety of mechanisms for accessing the profile will be provided to you, such as the new Research Gateway (more information provided below) and various compliance offices' websites.
For questions about the compliance profile, please contact Jeneane Braden at reco@msnotes.wustl.edu or 747-4152.
Research Gateway
For questions about the research gateway, please contact Denise McCartney at ovcrinfo@msnotes.wustl.edu or 747-6253.
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United Way Campaign
Thank you to all who attended the School of Engineering United Way Kickoff meeting.
To make a pledge online, visit hr.wustl.edu and click on HRMS Self Service. Then, choose Employee Self Service in the menu on the left. Select the new option: United Way Pledges.
For more information about the United Way of Greater St. Louis, visit stl.unitedway.org. The Web site also features a video about the United Way, and those who watch the video can enter to win gift cards, St. Louis Cardinals tickets, an HDTV or a 2009 Jeep Patriot.
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I-64 Construction Updates
Don't get caught in traffic. Washington University created a Web site with current I-64 construction information.
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