Friday, March 24, 2023
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Top stories
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| New research led by Washington University researchers identifies a common genetic signature that may increase a person’s risk of developing substance use disorders. The work eventually could lead to universal therapies to treat multiple substance use disorders. |
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| Claudia Swan in Arts & Sciences has been named the inaugural Mark Steinberg Weil Professor of Art History and Archaeology. A lecture and reception to celebrate her appointment were held last month in the Kuehner Family Court in Anabeth and John Weil Hall. |
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| Physicist Anders Carlsson in Arts & Sciences used 40 years of data from the St. Louis region to figure out the ideal mix of solar generation and storage for a reliable power grid. |
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| Having its most successful year ever, WashU Club Gymnastics boasts 50 members — 30 of whom are currently training for a national meet this month in Memphis, Tenn. Athletes represent a range of ages and experience levels. |
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Events
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Social Post of the Week
There’s nothing like the magic of Match Day
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WashU in the News
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Campus and community news
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| Notables
Two Brown School students, Isaac Ngang Che (right) and Breana Wayne, have been awarded the prestigious Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations fellowship from the City University of New York School of Medicine. |
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| Research Wire
New research from the School of Medicine’s Guoyan Zhao and colleagues, published in Nature Aging, provides guidance for future study to understand the role of glia in disease pathogenesis using mouse models. |
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| Announcements The Graduate Center of the Office of the Provost is hosting a series of events starting next week through April 12 in celebration of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week.
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Perspectives
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Flora Cassen, chair of Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies in Arts & Sciences, writes an article about the long history of forcing Jewish people to wear badges marking their heritage — and that it began centuries before the Nazis in World War II.
The Conversation
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Who Knew WashU? A question in recognition of Women’s History Month: Which WashU faculty member’s discoveries were used by the FBI?
Answer: D) Mildred Trotter, a faculty member in anatomy at the School of Medicine from 1926-1967, studied bone growth. She created a formula to estimate stature that was used by the FBI.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Kaslina Love Mosley, a business director at the School of Medicine, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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In memoriam
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| Susan Shannon, an accounting and payroll assistant in the Office of Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences, died of cancer March 16. She was 60. Services will be held Saturday, March 25, at Hutchens Mortuary and Cremation Center in Florissant, Mo. |
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