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News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
Straight from The Source
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Prison Education Project celebrates Commencement
The Washington University Prison Education Project conducted its first Commencement in May at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific. Joe Angeles, director of Washington University Photo Services, documented the day.
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Cancer treatment lessons from Hurricane Maria
School of Medicine radiation oncologist Hiram A. Gay, MD, and colleagues studied Hurricane Maria’s impact on cancer care in Puerto Rico. The aim is to give physicians who provide radiation therapy guidelines for what to do in advance and how to recover afterward.
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Chancellor launches blog
As the chancellorship changed hands June 1 for the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin decided to mark the transition by starting something new: a blog. His first post shares thoughts on leadership.
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Brounk receives Gloria White service award
Thomas Brounk, director of mental health services at Habif Health & Wellness Center, received the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award at the university’s annual Staff Day celebration May 20.
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Graduate scores dream job with St. Louis Blues
From the time alumnus Dylan Slaughter first laced up his skates at age 3, he has wished to one day join the National Hockey League and that his beloved St. Louis Blues would play for the Stanley Cup. This season, both dreams came true.
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Campus Announcements
University Libraries and the Gephardt Institute are co-sponsoring an information literacy learning community, which will be held Aug. 12-15 on the Danforth Campus. Interested faculty should apply by June 17.
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Obituaries
 Andrew B. Craig III, emeritus trustee of Washington University, died May 24, 2019, in Naples, Fla., where he lived. He was 88. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. June 10 at Ladue Chapel in St. Louis.
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Edward F. Lawlor, dean emeritus of the Brown School, writes an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch exploring science-based economic development in the St. Louis region and how the benefits have not been shared by all races, classes and neighborhoods.
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Three students — Royce Dong and Maya Samuels-Fair, both in Arts & Sciences, and Lily Xu, at the McKelvey School of Engineering — have received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which honors those who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
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Research Wire
Jian Wang, professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a $516,989 grant from NASA to study the ways in which aerosol particles affect clouds — and how clouds affect aerosols.
Read more from the Research Wire →
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Who Knew WashU?
 Question: The Field House witnessed the final game of what major-league sports team in 1960?
A) Kansas City Legacy
B) Minneapolis Lakers
C) Oshkosh All-Stars
D) St. Louis Hawks
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