Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

Top Stories

$8 million grant aids effort to eliminate elephantiasis

The School of Medicine has received a two-year, $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate an investigational treatment regimen for lymphatic filariasis, a neglected tropical disease.

Macones elected to National Academy of Medicine

Obstetrician/gynecologist George Macones, MD, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences. Such membership is among the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine in the U.S.

Danforth Center aims to elevate discussion

As public rhetoric inflames and divides, the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics cultivates rigorous scholarship to build bridges and broaden understanding of America’s most contentious issues.

Events

9:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24

‘The climate research challenge for agriculture’

Noon Monday, Oct. 24

Entrepreneurship workshop on financial projections

4:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24

Calhoun Memorial Lecture: Michael Massey

4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25

Assembly Series: Christopher Newfield

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Campus Announcements

United Way campaign nearing end

A reminder that the university’s United Way fundraising campaign is nearing an end. Oct. 31 is the last day to make a financial donation. Employees this year also can volunteer to help our community.

Food Week events planned

The Office of Sustainability is holding events all this week to raise awareness on campus about our food choices, from health to environmental factors.

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

Detecting early eye damage

KFSN-ABC 30 (California)

Are vegetarian diets heart-healthier?

The Philadelphia Inquirer | HealthDay

MediBeacon teams with Washington University on prestigious grant

St. Louis Business Journal

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Campus Voices

‘About those 79 cents’

Adia Harvey Wingfield, of Arts & Sciences, writes in The Atlantic about the pay gap between men and women and how it’s even more pronounced for women of color.

Notables

Matt Erlin photo Matt Erlin, professor and chair of Germanic languages and literatures in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2016 DAAD/German Studies Association Book Prize for “Necessary Luxuries: Books, Literature, and the Culture of Consumption in Germany, 1777-1815.”

The Record