Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016

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Genetic error that increases risk of aortic rupture identified

A study led by the School of Medicine, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, has identified a genetic error that weakens the aorta, placing such patients at high risk of aortic aneurysms and ruptures.

Initiative aims to transform undergraduate STEM education

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Carl Wieman will discuss how to transform undergraduate science education at a lecture Monday, Aug. 22. His talk launches a new initiative of the Office of the Provost.

Obituary: Seth Carlin, professor emeritus of music, 71

Seth Carlin, an internationally renowned pianist who taught in Arts & Sciences for 37 years, died July 28 following a swimming accident in France. He was 71.

Students engineer opportunities in summer programs

More than 70 undergraduate engineering students chose their own adventures via three summer mentor and fellowship programs offered by the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Cirrito receives MetLife award for Alzheimer’s research

John Cirrito, an associate professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, has received a MetLife Promising Investigator Award. He is known for developing a way to measure levels of a damaging protein called amyloid beta in the brain.

WashU in the News

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon assigned as a public defender

CNN

Beyond a ‘colorblind’ America, a new ideal

The Christian Science Monitor

Massive flood may have led to China’s earliest empire

Science

Editing out pesticides

Nova (PBS)

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Campus Voices

‘A call for civility in turbulent times’

Will Ross, MD, associate dean for diversity at the School of Medicine, writes a column in The St. Louis American challenging people to be civil but candid with one another in conversations about race and social justice.

Notables

Leigh Schmidt photo “Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation,” the latest book by Leigh Eric Schmidt, the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, is on Publishers Weekly’s list of the fall’s most anticipated books.

Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU graphic Question: How many times has the Olympic flame been near Washington University?
A) Once B) Two times C) Four times D) Six times

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