Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016

Top Stories

Music pilot program brings seniors, students together

A new program, organized by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences and local nonprofit Maturity and Its Muse, brings together student vocalists and local memory care patients.

Female hormones increase risk of vision loss in rare genetic disease

Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the Nf1 gene are much more likely to lose their vision than boys. School of Medicine researchers believe female sex hormones are to blame.

Events

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14

‘Tale of Two Cities’ film screening

Noon Thursday, Dec. 15

Studying male fertility and contraception

5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15

Sam Fox students share building designs

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Washington People

Srikanth Singamaneni

The associate professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science works to create powerful sensors that can detect chemicals, biomarkers that could speed health-care diagnostics and new materials to clean dirty water.

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WashU in the News

Water on Mars: the next step

HEC-TV

The FDA should approve drugs based on evidence, not emotions

Slate

Alum Deanne Bell’s Future Engineers program connects students with NASA, STEM

Forbes

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Obituaries

Obituary: Carolyn Yarber, University Libraries staff member, 69

Carolyn Booker Yarber, a member of the University Libraries staff for more than 48 years, died Dec. 9 in St. Louis. She was 69. Yarber was an Interlibrary Loan/Reserves assistant at Olin Library. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Dec. 15.

Campus Voices

ER doctor publishes science fiction novel

Brian Cohn, MD, of the Division of Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine, recently published his first novel, a science fiction mystery titled “The Last Detective.”

Notables

Jennie Kwon photo Jennie H. Kwon, DO, has been selected as a 2016 National Academy of Medicine fellow in osteopathic medicine. Kwon, an instructor of medicine in infectious diseases at the School of Medicine, was chosen based on her scholarship, professional accomplishments and expertise.

The Record