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News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
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Inaugural College Prep scholars to spend final summer on campus
The inaugural cohort of the university’s College Prep Program will spend its final summer on campus learning from a leading scientist and lifelong musician: Provost Holden Thorp. College Prep is an immersive program for talented, low-income high school students.
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Development of gut microbes, gut immunity linked
Studying twins from birth through 2, School of Medicine scientists have shown that the gut’s immune system develops in sync with its trillions of microbes. The findings have implications for understanding healthy growth and immune disorders.
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Obituary: Robert Sussman, professor of anthropology, 74
Robert Sussman, a longtime professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences and a leading scholar on the evolution of human and primate behavior, died Wednesday, June 8, at his home in Creve Coeur. He was 74. A visitation will be held Sunday evening.
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Washington University announces Great Artist Series
The university will welcome three of the brightest stars in classical music — Jonathan Biss, Yefim Bronfman and Nathan Gunn — to the 560 Music Center next year. Arts & Sciences is presenting the new Great Artist Series.
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Limbrick named director of pediatric neurosurgery
David D. Limbrick Jr., MD, PhD, has been named director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the School of Medicine and neurosurgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Limbrick succeeds Tae Sung Park, MD, who is now vice chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery.
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Campus Voices
Essayist and American culture critic Gerald Early writes an opinion piece for The Washington Post about boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his significance both within and beyond boxing. Early is editor of “The Muhammad Ali Reader.”
Read more Campus Voices →
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Notables
 Deanna Barch, chair of the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences and the Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, is the 2016 recipient of the mentor award from the Academic Women’s Network at Washington University.
Read more Notables →
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Who Knew WashU?
 Question: As the world mourns the death of Muhammad Ali, we ask: When did Ali give an address in Graham Chapel?
Answer: C) Muhammad Ali spoke at Washington University Dec. 5, 1975, sponsored by the Black Studies program, the Association of Black Students and Special Educational Services.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Steve Bannes, of the Sever Institute, who will receive an “I Knew WashU!” luggage tag!
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