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Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016

Top Stories

Pathway linked to slower aging also fuels brain cancer

A particular metabolic pathway shows potential to slow the aging process. But new School of Medicine research indicates a downside: That same pathway also may drive brain cancer.

Cultivating faculty diversity

The Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The program, a legacy of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, encourages graduate students of color who want to become professors.

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Campus Announcements

Flags lowered to remember Pearl Harbor attack

The U.S. and university flags are at half-staff today in remembrance of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II.

Washington People

Li Ding

Li Ding

Li Ding, assistant director of The McDonnell Genome Institute at the School of Medicine, is a cryptographer of sorts. She develops computational tools to study the genetics of cancer.

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WashU in the News

Dreamers awaken: fighting for Obama’s immigration program

Bloomberg BNA

The difference between house cats and wild cats

The Huffington Post

Kemper Art Museum featured in ‘All the Art’

ISSUU All the Art

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Campus Voices

‘We need more Latino lawyers’

Pedro J. Torres-Díaz, who earned a business degree at Washington University, is president of the Hispanic National Bar Association. Torres-Díaz shared thoughts about practicing law, including that the U.S. needs a better pipeline to get young Latinos thinking about the legal profession, in an interview on NBC News’ website.

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Notables

Ignacio Infante photoIgnacio Infante, associate professor of comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize by the literary journal Asymptote. He was nominated for his co-translation of Chilean poet Vincente Huidobro’s work “Temblor de cielo.”

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