The View From Here 10.21.19

October 21, 2019

Medicine's Employee Appreciation Picnic — Members of the Jonathan Peelle lab play a lawn game during the School of Medicine’s Employee Appreciation Picnic on Sept. 20 at Hudlin Park. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Research Training Symposium — Medical student Patrick England (right) speaks with John Constantino, MD, the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, while medical student Michael Finnan (left) talks with Dominic Reeds, MD, associate professor of medicine during the Research Training Symposium and Poster Session Oct. 8 in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Research Training Symposium posters — Medical students Jody Law (left) and Somtoochukwu “Stanley” Chibueze (right) talk as visitors and students view research posters on display during the Research Training Symposium and Poster Session Oct. 8 in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Medicine's Employee Appreciation Picnic — Joni Westerhouse (left), associate vice chancellor of Medical Public Affairs, keeps the frozen custard coming while Chancellor Andrew D. Martin (center) and David H. Perlmutter, dean of the School of Medicine, hand out the treat at the School of Medicine’s Employee Appreciation Picnic on Sept. 20 at Hudlin Park. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Danforth Center talk — Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth speaks with author Amy Chua, of Yale Law School, during the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics’ event “Overcoming Political Tribalism and Recovering Our American Democracy” on Sept. 12 in Graham Chapel. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

WashU physics alumni — Erik Henriksen (right), assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, gives a tour of his Crow Hall laboratory to several former graduate students who received their doctorates in physics in the 1960s. Read more about the special alumni visitors here. (Photo: Scott Hershberger)

Bear Pub opens — Mark Taylor, right, Olin Business School dean, offers a token of appreciation—a miniature Bear Pub sign—to Bob and Kathleen O’Loughlin, benefactors of the new Knight Center pub, which was dedicated Oct. 2. Bob O’Loughlin is an emeritus trustee. Learn more about the project on the Olin blog.

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Hylarie McMahon, professor emerita, artist, 94

Karen Daubert, assistant vice chancellor at University MarComm, 63

T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery, 77

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