Backus to receive Lifetime Achievement in Safety Award
Bruce Backus, assistant vice chancellor for environmental health and safety at Washington University in St. Louis, will receive the Lifetime Achievement in Safety Award from BLR (Business & Legal Resources) for his three decades as a leader in improving safety and environmental performance.
National award honors chemistry department’s safety innovation
The Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences recently received an Innovation Award from the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in recognition of its outstanding program that improves research safety on campus.
From the provost: Lab safety — going beyond compliance to a positive culture
H. Holden Thorp, PhD, provost of Washington University in St. Louis, led a National Research Council committee that published a report July 31 on lab safety in academic research. He says the most important takeway is that a holistic approach is needed.