The View From Here 5.6.19

May 6, 2019

Risa's Commons dedication — Risa’s Commons in College Hall was dedicated April 27. Here, Risa Zwerling Wrighton (second from left) visits with members of the university community, including Clara McLeod (left), Kawanna Leggett and Jill Stratton. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

MFA first-year exhibit — The Sam Fox School’s MFA First-Year Exhibition was held April 26 at Des Lee Gallery in downtown St. Louis. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

Boeing Engineering Challenge contest — More than 230 students from the St. Louis region competed April 27 in flying balsa wood gliders at the Field House during the 11th annual Boeing Engineering Challenge. The students worked with Boeing engineers to build their gliders. Learn more here. (Photo: Myra Lopez)

fake news panel discussion — Michael Barbaro (left), veteran reporter for The New York Times, Becca Lewis, a researcher at Data & Society, and Sarah Kliff, an alumna and health-care journalist, take part in an Assembly Series panel discussion focused on “fake news” and the journalism landscape today, held April 17 in Emerson Auditorium. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Communication Design BFA Capstone Exhibition — Hannah Jung views “Skidrow,” a video exhibit by Sam Fox School student Jee Kim, at the Communication Design BFA Capstone Exhibition, held April 25 in Steinberg Hall Gallery. (Photo: Carol Green/Washington University)

College Prep graduate — The third cohort of the university’s College Prep Program held a graduation ceremony April 28 in Knight Hall. Here, program graduate Michael Love (center) chats with Leah Merrifield, program director (right) at a reception following the event. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

National Academy of Sciences indcutees — Sarah Elgin, Jonathan B. Losos (center) and Richard D. Vierstra, all of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, were inducted into the National Academy of Sciences on April 27. NAS membership is one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. (Photos: courtesy of National Academy of Sciences)

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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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