Friday, Nov. 10, 2023
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Top stories
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| A new online tool from WashU’s St. Louis Initiatives team showcases the university’s research and programmatic commitments to the city and region. The campus community is invited to review and even add to it. |
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| Biologist Jonathan Myers, in Arts & Sciences, leads work at Tyson Research Center that fueled an investigation into the role of underground fungi as drivers of global forest diversity. |
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Events
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11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13 |
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Social Post of the Week
Shining a light on first-generation students and leaders
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WashU in the News
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Fox 2 St. Louis
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Campus and community news
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Emma Lembke, a junior in Arts & Sciences and founder of internet safety organization Log Off, was invited to the White House in October to observe President Joe Biden sign an executive order establishing new standards for artificial intelligence safety and security. |
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Jose Moron-Concepcion (second from left), a professor of anesthesiology, of neuroscience and of psychiatry, was installed recently as the Henry Elliot Mallinckrodt Professor of Anesthesiology at the School of Medicine. |
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Joseph H. Scherrer, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, was recognized at the Missouri Athletic Club’s Veterans Day Commemoration for his commitment to military service and achievements. Scherrer spent 24 years in the U.S. Air Force as an information technology and cybersecurity innovator. |
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| Announcements Applications are being accepted for the WashU chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Lunch-and-learn sessions for PhD students seeking more information will take place next week. |
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Perspectives
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Historian Mark Gregory Pegg, in Arts & Sciences, has published a new book, “Beatrice’s Last Smile: A New History of the Middle Ages.” In this Q&A, Pegg explains how the work traces humanity’s changing relationship to the divine over 1,200 years of Western medieval history.
Center for the Humanities
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Who Knew WashU? Question: Many people have strong feelings about seasonal time changes, like when we had to “fall back” an hour Nov. 5. Circadian rhythm experts, including Erik Herzog in Arts & Sciences, argue we should stop switching clocks and stick with:
Answer: A) Permanent standard time. A former president of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Herzog helped the organization develop a consensus around standard time that has been adopted by all of the medical and scientific societies that have taken a position on time changes.
Congrats to this week’s winner, University Registrar Keri Disch, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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