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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Top Stories

The Fed’s bank bailout effective

For the first time, new research from Olin Business School examines data from the 2007-09 financial crisis to show how the U.S. Federal Reserve can effectively assist banks in times of financial uncertainty.

Stomach flutters, sweaty palms, sheer joy at Match Day

With great anticipation, 133 soon-to-be physicians at the School of Medicine just learned where they will go to begin their residency training this summer.

WashU Expert: Remembering Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry, who died over the weekend, embodied the sound, attitude and mythology that defined the early days of rock and roll, says Patrick Burke, head of musicology in Arts & Sciences.

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Events

10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 21

‘Fat makes cells fatter’

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21

DUC Chamber Music Series

11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 22

‘Designing civic experiences’ lecture

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WashU in the News

How to prepare for a pandemic

NPR

Blocked immigration ban proves Trump’s tweets will haunt his presidency

Wired

Shamrock science: St. Patrick’s Day symbol versus four-leaf clover

Inside Science

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Campus Voices

‘Reagan called America a “city on a hill” because taxpayers funded the humanities’

Abram Van Engen, of Arts & Sciences, writes a piece for The Conversation about the importance of government funding for the humanities — and says we’d have never known about the famous “city on a hill” sermon without it.

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Notables

Brown School Alumni Awards honoreesEight alumni and friends of the Brown School were recognized earlier this month at the 34th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony in the Clark-Fox Forum in Hillman Hall.

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Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU graphicQuestion: Which professor left behind a pastel pink typewriter upon leaving Washington University?
A) Frederick Hartt B) Robert Morrell
C) Cathy Rodgers D) Joyce Trebilcot

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