The View From Here 3.5.18

March 5, 2018

Global Health Week panel — The university hosted a documentary screening about reporting on HIV/AIDS and Ebola Feb. 28 in Graham Chapel as part of Global Health Week. Here, Pulitzer Center director Jon Sawyer (left) and Jae Lee, of the School of Medicine, participate in the related panel discussion. The event was sponsored by the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and the Global Health Center, with support from each of the university’s seven schools. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

Chancellor Mark Wrighton and his wife, Risa Zwerling Wrighton, meet with Jamaican Ambassador to the United States Audrey P. Marks (center) at a university reception at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Andres Alonso)

The XOXO exhibition — a group exhibition curated by Jessica Baran, featuring work from Barrett Barrera Projects’ collection as assembled by alumna Susan Barrett — is currently on display at the Des Lee Gallery. The show will run until March 10. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Writer Joe Hagan speaks as part of the Assembly Series. Hagan’s recent book outlines the intertwined histories of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine, explaining its widespread influence on American culture. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Actors perform a scene in the Performing Arts Department’s production of “August: Osage County.” The play ran for two weekends, ending Sunday, in Edison Theatre. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University)

The African Students Association held its 12th annual fashion show, this year titled “African Royalty,” in Tisch Commons on Feb. 23. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

Construction continues on the site of the east end construction project, where workers remove wood remaining from concrete forms from the completed parking deck of the east end parking garage. Learn more about the construction here. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

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Recycle election yard signs on campus

New award funds use, creation of open educational resources

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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

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