Immune cells can improve clearance of waste from brain

Rejuvenating the immune cells that live in tissues surrounding the brain improves fluid flow and waste clearance from the brain — and may help treat or prevent diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, according to a study by School of Medicine researchers.

Wagner serves as a voice for veterans

As the new adviser at the Office of Military & Veteran Services, Beverly Wagner is eager to help Washington University’s veterans, active-duty and Reserve and National Guard service members, as well as dependents and survivors, maximize their WashU experience.

Thirsty wheat needed water management in ancient China

Research from the laboratory of archaeologist Xinyi Liu in Arts & Sciences shows that a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted to help cultivate wheat in northern China about 4,000 years ago.

Notables

Erik Herzog (center), a professor of biology, was installed last month as the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. His talk was titled “For Whom the Bells Toll: Networked Circadian Clocks and Clock Watchers.”

Notables

The American College of Physicians has recognized three faculty members at the School of Medicine — John DiPersio, MD, PhD (left), Janet McGill, MD, and Will Ross, MD — with national awards honoring excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.

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Lindsay Stark, a professor at the Brown School, has received a one-year $435,000 grant from UNICEF for a project titled “Intervention Review and Implementation Research to Address Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.”

Barbara Liebmann, longtime staff member, 66

Barbara Liebmann, who served in numerous staff positions during a long career at Washington University, died Nov. 8 of pancreatic cancer. She was 66. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon today at Our Lady of Providence Catholic Church in St. Louis.