Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Top Stories

An international cohort of designers, engineers, planners and other professionals — along with a handful of university faculty, students and alumni — won a global competition charged with developing a 100-year plan for stabilizing the Mississippi River delta.

Academy of Science-St. Louis honors researchers

Four Washington University researchers are being honored as outstanding scientists by the Academy of Science-St. Louis. They are Robi D. Mitra, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel and Gary D. Stormo, of the School of Medicine; and Gary J. Patti, of Arts & Sciences.

Events

4 p.m. Tuesday, April 5

‘Reconstruction relived’ lecture

8:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 6

Decision-making and self-control workshop begins

Noon-2 p.m. Thursday, April 7

Ability ally workshop

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Campus Announcements

Thurtene Carnival to support Ready Readers

Thurtene Carnival has selected as its community partner Ready Readers, a leading local nonprofit that inspires children to love books. Thurtene will run April 15-17 at the east end of the Danforth Campus.

WashU in the News

Total inequality

The Atlantic

Scientists reduce Alzheimer’s-linked brain plaques in mice

HealthDay | The Philadelphia Inquirer

Forum to focus on emotional well-being

The St. Louis American

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Campus Voices

‘Race’ gives history the runaround

Noah Cohan, of Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities website about the movie “Race,” which tells the story of African-American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens. Cohan argues the film offers an oversimplified, feel-good story that avoids a tough examination of racism then and now.

Notables

Cynthia Cosby and Brittany Packnett photo Two outstanding educators — Cynthia Cosby (left), who served generations of Washington University graduates, and Brittany Packnett, who is helping develop tomorrow’s college students — will be honored at the first Washington University Trailblazers ceremony this month.

Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU? Question: In recognition of Earth Day this month, we have another environmental trivia question: What percentage of the 1 million pounds of artificial turf removed in the 2012 renovation of Francis Field ended up in landfills?
A) 35 percent B) 70 percent C) 9 percent D) 0 percent

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