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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

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$34 million effort aims to image brain through the years

Throughout our lives, our brains are changing. University researchers are leading an effort to scan people’s brains from kindergarten through their later years to map the brain as it develops. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is providing $34 million.

A message to the community about Amendment 3

In Tuesday’s election, Missouri voters will consider Amendment 3, which would increase the state’s tobacco tax. But several research institutions, including Washington University, are opposed because it also contains language that conflicts with state protections for stem-cell research.

Inazu installed as Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor

John Inazu has been installed as the inaugural Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion. A lecture and a reception to celebrate the occasion were held this fall in Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Visual arts alumni honor sculptor Ron Leax in exhibition

More than three dozen alumni of the Sam Fox School have contributed works to “Ontology of Influence,” an exhibition paying homage to sculptor Ron Leax, the Halsey C. Ives Professor of Art.

‘Mean Streets’ program addresses race, urban spaces on the screen

The program “Mean Streets: Viewing the Divided City Through the Lens of Film and Television” is part of the St. Louis International Film Festival, which runs through Nov. 13. “Mean Streets” involves University Libraries, the Sam Fox School and outside partners.

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Campus Announcements

University Police remind campus about personal safety

The Washington University Police Department will again initiate its “Don’t be in the Dark” safety program Monday through Thursday evenings, Nov. 7-10, talking in neighborhoods with students about safety after dark.

WashU in the News

Hatch Act case against FBI chief elusive

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Broccoli: Study shows vegetable could be a ‘fountain of youth’

Latin Post

Dose of democracy will be good for corporate America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Campus Voices

Drug prices: Where do we go after the election?

Many Americans are concerned about the high price of prescription drugs. Rachel Sachs, associate professor in the School of Law, writes for The Conversation that there are both practical and political challenges with policies that elected leaders could enact to improve drugs’ affordability.

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Research Wire

Vijay Ramani, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, received a three-year, $468,087 grant from the Office of Naval Research to create a stable, bipolar membrane for fuel cell propulsion systems that would enable the U.S. Navy’s unmanned undersea vehicles to fulfill challenging mission requirements.

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