Monday, Sept. 19, 2016

Top Stories

Culprit found for calcified blood vessels in kidney disease

Scientists have implicated a type of stem cell in the calcification of blood vessels that is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. School of Medicine researchers led the study.

Debate Insider: Bob Virgil

In 1992, Washington University had nine days from the debate commission’s phone call to going live on international television. Then-Olin Dean Bob Virgil led the committee that made it happen.

Hidden green skills

What have plant scientists learned in the laboratory in the past three to five years that could be used to reduce inputs of water, chemical fertilizers and herbicides to agricultural fields? Arts & Sciences’ Joseph Jez wrote about the latest for Science.

Events

3-4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19

Arts & Sciences Major Minor Fair

3:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19

Meditation Monday

5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19

Assembly Series: Dean Strang

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Campus Announcements

Health Happenings fair planned Wednesday

A Health Happenings fair for Danforth Campus employees will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Mallinckrodt Center. Take part in health screenings, get your flu shot or enjoy free samples.

Presidential Debate Oct. 9, 2016. Visit debate.wustl.edu for more

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

Moon’s birth may have vaporized most of Earth, study shows

NBC News

WashU, pharma partners seek more tau intel from Alzheimer’s consortium

BioWorld

Missouri incomes grow at fastest rate in years

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Campus Voices

New research seeks to dispel myth of ‘African homophobia’

Julie Moreau, a postdoctoral research fellow in Arts & Sciences, writes for NBC Out about research on South Africans’ attitudes toward the LGBTQ community.

Notables

Catherine Lang photo Catherine Lang, a professor of physical therapy at the School of Medicine, will serve a two-year term as chairperson of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Sciences Study Section, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review.

The Record