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ADIS codes
Do not use ADIS (Alumni and Development Information System) codes to identify the schools from which alumni graduated, except in Washington magazine’s ClassNotes section and in the Washington University Annual Report.
admissions, undergraduate
The official title is Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The admissions office is acceptable on second reference.
adviser; advisor
Rarely is it part of an official title. But if Advisor comes before a person’s name as part of the person’s official title, recast the sentence if possible and change Advisor to adviser.
African American
No hyphen. Acceptable for an American Black person of African descent.
American Indians, Native Americans
Both are acceptable terms in general references for those in the U.S. when referring to two or more people of different tribal affiliations.
Annual Fund
Use caps.
Architecture & Urban Design, Graduate School of
Use the full name, Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, on first reference.
Architecture, College of
Use the full name, College of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, on first reference.