Thursday, April 28, 2016

Top Stories

Five to receive honorary degrees at Commencement

The university will award five honorary degrees during its 155th Commencement May 20. Congressman John R. Lewis, one of the recipients and an influential leader in the civil rights movement, will deliver the Commencement address.

Jacoby elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Larry L. Jacoby, an internationally recognized scholar of human memory and a professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Doctors recommend prescribing fewer opioids after surgery

Bolstering new federal guidelines that advise primary-care doctors to carefully weigh the prescribing of opioid painkillers, two School of Medicine experts recommend that surgeons consider cutting back on take-home opioid pills prescribed after surgery.

Podcast: Mosaic Whispers breaks down ‘Elastic Heart’

In this podcast, Mosaic Whispers members explain how they turned a pop hit into an a cappella classic. The ensemble will compete Saturday, April 30, in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals in New York.

Events

3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28

Public River Rat Pack exhibition discussion

7 p.m. Friday, April 29

Chabad Passover dinner

8 p.m. Friday, April 29

‘Twisted Melodies’ at Edison

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Campus Announcements

Workplace violence/active shooter training next week

The Emergency Management Office will offer a free one-hour class at noon Wednesday, May 4, to give employees and students an understanding of what to do in the case of a person committing violence or an active shooter on campus.

WashU in the News

Poor navigation skills may signal Alzheimer’s disease

U.S. News & World Report

Supportive mothers help their children’s brains grow bigger

The Spectator (U.K.)

Why you just helped that stranger

The Wall Street Journal

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Campus Voices

‘How to create a neuroscience pipeline’

Biologist Erik Herzog, of Arts & Sciences, talks about efforts to get young people, from grade school on up, interested in neuroscience careers. He shares university efforts toward that end on “Hold That Thought.”

Notables

John Bowen photo John Bowen, a sociocultural anthropologist and the Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been named a 2016 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corp. of New York. Bowen will use his fellowship for a research project titled “Islam Adapting in the West.”

Class Acts

A lasting friendship, a lasting impact

students Carrick Reddin and Nick Okafor chat Seniors Carrick Reddin (left) and Nick Okafor each took unique approaches to making St. Louis a better place. Okafor founded an after-school program that builds problem-solving skills, while Reddin helped lead efforts to construct a playground. Read more about outstanding graduating students on the Commencement website.

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