Washington University Publications Styleguide

abbreviations
abbreviations — states
academic degrees
academic units
accommodate, accommodations
acknowledgment
ADA
addresses
ADIS codes
admissions
adviser
aesthetics
affect, effect
African American, African-American
ALLIANCE FOR WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
all ready, already
alma mater
alumni
Alumni and Development Programs, Office of
American Indian
Annual Fund
apostrophe
archaeology
Arts & Sciences
Athletic Complex
awardwinning

Barnes-Jewish Hospital
benefited
biannual, biennial; bimonthly, biweekly
black
Board of Trustees
breakthrough
bylines

Campaign for Washington University: A Partnership for the 21st Century
catalog
Center for American Indian Studies, Kathryn M. Buder
chair
chancellor
childcare
coed
Collegiate Gothic
colon
Commencement
commitment
Communications, Office of University
comprise
course names
course work
cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude
cure
capitalization
commas

dash
data
database
dean
decades
Dental Medicine, School of
department
disc, disk
disinterested, uninterested
Dr.

Eagleton, Thomas
Earth
e-business
e-commerce
Edison Theatre
either…or, neither…nor
elderly
Eliot Society
ellipsis (…)
e-mail
endowed professorships
Engineering, School of
ensure
etc.

facilities
faculty
farther, further
fax
fellow/fellowship
fewer, less
finalize
financial assistance
foreign students
foreword
Founders Day
freelance
French spellings
freshman
fundraising (noun and adjective)

Gallery of Art
grade point average, GPA
grades

he
he/she, she or he
head
health care
Hilltop Campus
historic, historical
homepage
Honor Roll of Donors
hopefully
Human Resources, Office of
hyphens

Indian
information superhighway
initials
insure
international students
International Writers Center
Internet
Islam

keyboard commands

laureate
libraries
lifestyle
logotype

majors
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
manuscript, preparation of
The May Department Stores Company Auditorium
media
Medical Campus
Medical Center, Washington University
Medical Public Affairs
Medicine, School of
MetroLink
mission statement
multicultural
Muslim

named professorships
National Academy of Sciences
National Council
Native American
Nobel laureate
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
nondiscrimination statement
North, Douglass C.
numbers, decades

Oak Allée
OK
older adults
Olin School of Business
ongoing
online
over

Parents Weekend (Council, Fund)
percent
percentage
Performing Arts Department
Photographic Services, Office of
plurals
Poet Laureate
police
possessives
postdoctoral
preferred spellings
prefixes
pre-law, pre-med
professor
pronouns
Public Affairs, Office of
Publications Office
punctuation

race
references
résumé
ROTC

Saint Louis, St. Louis
school
seal
seasons and semesters
seniors
sexist language
Simon Hall
Siteman Cancer Center
Social Work, George Warren Brown School of
South 40
spellings
state abbreviations
Student Health and Counseling Service

t-shirt
television
titles
that
theatre, theater
toward
Truman, Harry S
Trusheim, H. Edwin
typography

Undergraduate Admissions, Office of
unique
United States, U.S.
university
upperclass
use

Veterans Hospital

Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University Libraries
Washington University Web
Washington University in St. Louis Magazine
Web
Web Site Development
West Campus
which
Whittemore House
-wide
-winning
World's Fair, 1904 World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition
World Wide Web

years
Yin, Frank C-P