Capitalize. Do not use Main Campus or Hilltop Campus.

Formerly known as the Hilltop Campus, this campus was rededicated September 17, 2006, to honor Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, the late Elizabeth Gray Danforth, the Danforth family, and the Danforth Foundation.

Use an em dash for sudden breaks in thought that cause an abrupt change in sentence structure (e.g., “Will he—can he—meet the deadline?”). The em dash also is used to give emphasis or explanation (e.g., “She carefully directed the writer on the article—the definitive article on research related to ...”).

Use an en dash to indicate continuing or inclusive numbers (e.g., 1993–94) and to connect compound adjectives (e.g., quasi-public–quasi-judicial bodies, post–Civil War period).

Generally, do not put spaces before or after a dash.

A plural noun, this word normally takes plural verbs and pronouns. If it is being used in the context of a body of data that is regarded as a single unit, however, it takes singular verbs and pronouns.

“The data is sound.” (single unit)
“The data have been carefully collected.” (individual items)

Dean, like all professional titles, is capitalized only when preceding the name. Use lowercase when succeeding a name or when used without a name:

“Our dean, Edward Lawlor, will speak.”
“Give it to the dean.”
“Give it to Dean Lawlor.”

The deans of Art and Architecture should be referred to as “dean of the College of Art and Graduate School of Art” and “dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design” when the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has already been introduced. In those cases where the dean is cited before the Sam Fox School has been introduced, use “dean of the College of Art and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts” or “dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.”

For those alumni who didn’t complete degrees at Washington University, identify by class (i.e., “Class of 1950”) or by ADIS code (i.e., BU ’50). For those alumni who did receive their degrees, use correct degree (see Appendix D).

Lowercase except in formal title use. (See Appendix C for listing of department names.)

Department of Otolaryngology
The otolaryngology department

Use the full name on first reference and on all publication covers. On subsequent references, use the Sam Fox School; never use Fox School, SDVA, or SFSDVA. The five units within the Sam Fox School are the College of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, College of Art, Graduate School of Art, and Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Also affiliated with the Sam Fox School are the Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library and the Department of Art History & Archaeology in Arts & Sciences.