Monday, Dec. 12, 2016

Top Stories

Surgery can restore vision in patients with brain injuries

Surgery can restore vision in patients who have suffered hemorrhaging in the eye after a traumatic brain injury — even if the operation isn’t until months later, according to a small study from School of Medicine researchers.

WashU Expert: Economic stress key in climbing U.S. death rate

Greater stress and anxiety resulting from economic insecurity may be at least partly to blame for the increase in the U.S. death rate, said Mark Rank, a poverty expert at the Brown School.

Events

Noon Monday, Dec. 12

‘Could and should humans live 1,000 years?’

Noon Monday, Dec. 12

Post-election panel, discussion

8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13

Jazz at Holmes: Francesca Tandoi

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Campus Announcements

Flags lowered in honor of astronaut John Glenn

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn died Dec. 8 at age 95.

Bear Necessities holiday sale this week

Bear Necessities will hold its annual holiday sale tomorrow and Wednesday, Dec. 13 and 14, offering 20 percent off of in-store purchases.

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

A fish adapts quickly to lethal levels of pollution

Science Magazine

Former St. Louis lawyer being considered as Trump’s labor secretary

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

College advice from a first-generation WashU student

St. Louis Public Radio

Parents As Teachers discusses educating disenfranchised communities

The St. Louis American

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Campus Voices

Rishe on NFL’s TV ratings decline

Patrick Rishe, director of the Sports Business Program at Olin, writes in Forbes about what may be driving the decline in TV ratings for NFL games this year.

Notables

The Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences recently held a photo contest, seeking works related to students’ anthropology studies or research. The department announced the winners, including this image by Peter Schneider of a Zulu wedding in South Africa.

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