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Debate Announcement

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Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016

Top Stories

Here come the media

Students will soon have many chances to appear as extras on national broadcasts when the media descend on the Danforth Campus on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, ahead of the presidential debate. 

Presidential candidates and their possible Supreme Court picks

How might the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court change depending on who is elected as the country’s next president? The School of Law’s Lee Epstein analyzes the prospects.

Culprit identified as a major cause of vision loss

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a pathway involved in harming rods and cones in the retina and have found a way, in mice and in retinal cells, to halt that damage.

What kind of government did the founders want?

In this video, Peter Kastor, of Arts & Sciences, discusses the early federal government and how its major activities evolved and expanded even during the presidencies of small-government advocates such as Thomas Jefferson.

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Campus Announcements

University Libraries seeks student input

University Libraries wants to hear from students, via an online survey, about what they like, or don’t, about its spaces, services and collections.

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

WashU in the News

AAAS president Schaal says gun violence research can wait no longer

AAAS

Playing games with a disaster

U.S. News & World Report

Washington University gets $10 million for immune system research

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Notables

Sally Schwarz photoSally J. Schwarz, a professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, is the new president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. She is the first pharmacist and only the fourth woman out of 60 presidents to hold the title.

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Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU graphicQuestion: Before this year, how many times has Washington University prepared for hosting a presidential debate?
A) One B) Three C) Four D) Six

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