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Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017

Top Stories

New discovery about a type of wildfire residue

As devastating wildfires rage in California wine country, a team of environmental engineers has made a discovery about wildfire smoke and its effect on the atmosphere.

Hultgren elected to National Academy of Medicine

Microbiologist Scott J. Hultgren, of the School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Membership is among the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine in the United States.

Ahmed to speak Friday about diversity at universities

Feminist writer and scholar Sara Ahmed will discuss “The Institutional as Usual: Diversity, Utility and the University,” in a lecture for the Assembly Series and the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20.

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Events

Noon Tuesday, Oct. 17

‘Drugs from bugs’ seminar

5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17

‘Smart Decarceration’ book discussion

Wednesday, Oct. 18

Car-free Commute Day activities

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WashU in the News

Explaining tropical forests’ astonishing biodiversity

Inside Science

Washington U. will waive application fees for low-income students

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dr. Eghtesady gives parents another option in the OR

St. Louis Business Journal

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Campus Voices

‘Microbiology needs more math’

Mikhail Tikhonov, of Arts & Sciences, writes an op-ed in The Scientist about data in microbiome research and how many of our assumptions may be wrong.

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Notables

Ron Himes, the Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence in Arts & Sciences, has received the Black Theatre Network 2017 Larry Leon Hamlin Producer Award for his work as founder and producing director of The Black Rep.

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Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU graphicQuestion: How many new academic buildings will be added to the Danforth Campus when the east end transformation is complete?
A) One B) Two C) Three D) Five

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