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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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Researchers work to make a better flu vaccine

Researchers at the School of Medicine are investigating why immunity elicited by the flu vaccine wanes so rapidly. Their goal is to make a better, longer-lasting vaccine, with the help of a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Career Center offers first-year student programs

A growing number of first-year students are seeking career advice and resources early in college. In response, the Career Center has launched new programs and a collaboration with Arts & Sciences.

Engineers study fate of new pesticides

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a method to learn more about how a new type of pesticide degrades in the environment.

Physician-scientists aim to reduce mental illness’ impact

At the School of Medicine’s Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, investigators are looking for new solutions for depression and other psychiatric disorders.

WashU Expert on Walmart eliminating greeter jobs

As Walmart plans to eliminate its greeter position in some 1,000 stores by late April, store managers need to work diligently to find other jobs for greeters, many of whom have physical disabilities, said public health expert Jean-Francois Trani.

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Campus Announcements

Renovations planned for Mallinckrodt Center

A renovation project will begin this May in the Mallinckrodt Center. A number of academic and student support services will relocate to the center by the end of December.

WashU in the News

Battle scars on Pluto and Charon reveal solar system’s origins

Nova (PBS)

Want to leave a legacy? Be a mentor

The New York Times

Parents can better cuddle premature babies thanks to tiny new sensors

National Geographic

Sleeping in on the weekend can’t make up for lost sleep

Science News

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Campus Voices

‘First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor’

Malnutrition expert Lora Iannotti, at the Brown School, writes in an article for The Conversation that a global eating plan proposed by a team of world-leading scientists doesn’t adequately consider the world’s poor, who, for example, may rely on livestock for jobs as well as nutrition.

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Notables

An image of the maze-like structures of the mouse olfactory system recently was named a winner of the 2018 BioArt competition. Graduate student Lu M. Yang created the image.

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Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU graphicQuestion: Barry Flanagan’s “Thinker on the Rock” provides an interesting navigational marker near Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus. Where else can you find this sculpture?
A) Des Moines, Iowa B) Utrecht, Netherlands
C) Washington, D.C. D) All of the above

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