Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Top stories
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| The university will award six honorary degrees during its 160th Commencement ceremonies May 20-21. Among the recipients is NBA great and humanitarian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who will deliver the Commencement address to the Class of 2021. |
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| Olin Business School has joined an elite cohort of triple-accredited business schools, while at the same time adding new degree programs and certifications — including a new online MBA focused on preparing students for a digitally enabled world. |
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| University researchers have received a grant to develop the computational tools necessary to analyze the big data generated by light-sheet fluorescence microscopy, an imaging tool that can rapidly produce 3D images of complex cellular structures. |
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| The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars could be particularly beneficial for Black and young people, said the Brown School’s Todd Combs, an expert on tobacco control. |
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Events
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Wednesday, May 5– Sunday, May 16 |
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WashU in the News
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The New York Times
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Quanta Magazine
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Washington People
Megan Flake
McKelvey School of Engineering labs couldn’t shut down due to COVID-19. Megan Flake kept them running smoothly while research was on hold.
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Campus and community news
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| Notables
J. Gmerice Hammond, MD, a cardiologist and health policy research fellow in the Cardiovascular Division at the School of Medicine, has received a Merck Fellowship Research Award from the Association of Black Cardiologists and the American College of Cardiology. |
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The scholarship of Andrew Tuch, professor of law and expert on financial and securities regulation at the School of Law, has been chosen by Corporate Practice Commentator as among the top 10 articles of 2020. |
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| Announcements Parking & Transportation Services provides updates on parking and traffic flow plans for spring Commencement events, which will take place May 20, 21 and 30. |
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Perspectives
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WIlliam J. Maxwell, author and professor in Arts & Sciences, writes on the “Human Ties” blog about films and stories that are able to be told thanks to the federal Freedom of Information Act bringing to light once-secret FBI documents.
Center for the Humanities
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In memoriam
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| Michael W. Friedlander, professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences, died April 29 in St. Louis. He was 92. He was interested in the interface between science and society, and he initiated the Saturday Science Public Lectures for the St. Louis community. |
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