The View From Here 9.25.17

September 25, 2017

scavenger hunt — Students participated in a scavenger hunt, collecting items for an emergency preparedness kit at different stops around campus, as part of the first Ready Week. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

opening dinner at busch stadium — Members of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics’ national advisory board, including William Tragos, gathered to open their fall 2017 meeting by taking in a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

Olin fellowship dinner — Participants in the university’s Mr. and Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship Program for Women in Graduate Study gathered for dinner Sept. 7 in Umrath Lounge to mark the start of academic year. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

welcoming week — Desiree Waits and Claire Seely, of the Office for International Students and Scholars, celebrate the annual Welcoming Week, organized by Welcoming America, a nonprofit that promotes community inclusiveness. (Photo courtesy of OISS)

4515 McKinley on the Medical Campus — A beautiful night view at 4515 McKinley on the Medical Campus. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

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Announcements

Recycle election yard signs on campus

New award funds use, creation of open educational resources

WashU community asked to complete transportation survey

Notables

WashU again recognized as bike-friendly university

Yuan named Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor

Byrne featured in ‘Volcano Worlds’

Obituaries

Hylarie McMahon, professor emerita, artist, 94

Karen Daubert, assistant vice chancellor at University MarComm, 63

T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery, 77

Research Wire

Communication within large-scale network system focus of new research model

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Howard receives Changemakers in Family Planning grant

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