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Friday, Oct. 14, 2016

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Student presidents share debate spotlight

As presidents of undergraduate and graduate student groups, Kenneth Sng (center) and Haley Dolosic enjoyed a few perks. But mostly the two worked tirelessly to help make the debate experience special for everyone.

$2 million awarded to help prevent antibiotic resistance

Four teams at the School of Medicine collectively received nearly $2 million for research to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance. The focus is on new approaches to fight drug-resistant germs.

Lawyer, writer Iftikhar to speak for Assembly Series

Arsalan Iftikhar is a human-rights lawyer, a Muslim writer and commentator and an alum. He will give an Assembly Series address Thursday, Oct. 20, talking about how Islamophobia threatens our freedoms.

Social media shares our debate story

The excitement surrounding the Oct. 9 debate was shared with the world via social media, resulting in unprecedented audience engagement for the university. Twitter and Instagram users made full use of the #WashUdebate2016 hashtag.

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Events

2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14

‘Plagiarism in the social sciences’

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18

‘The spiritual legacy of Jimmy Carter’

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Social Photo of the Week

Time for a nap after last week’s commotion

WashU in the News

Sniffing out bombs

HEC-TV

Washington University researcher receives $8 million grant from Gates Foundation

St. Louis Business Journal

Kenneth Sng humbled by reactions to appearance at debate

The Straits Times (Singapore)

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Research Wire

Sarah Elgin, the Viktor Hamburger Professor of Arts & Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in biology, was awarded a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on “Repeat-Induced Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila.”

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