The View From Here 1.22.20

January 22, 2020

Beverly Wendland — Beverly Wendland, the university’s incoming provost, greets the campus community Jan. 14 in Holmes Lounge. Chancellor Andrew Martin introduced Wendland to the community at a welcome reception. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

December recognition — More WashU graduating students await the start of the December Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony Dec. 14 at the Athletic Complex. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

snowy Brookings Hall — A view of Brookings Hall after heavy snowfall in December. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Chancellor Martin pauses for a photo with Morgan Witzig (left) and Kyra Johnston, who work in the Campus Life office. (Photo courtesy of Kellie Mandry)

Martin and Davis — Chancellor Andrew D. Martin interviews Adrienne D. Davis, vice provost, at the Woman’s Society annual Chancellor’s Lecture on Jan. 9. Davis shared leadership lessons she learned from her father, an FBI agent, and her mother, an activist; her vision for the new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity; and her passion for St. Louis’ world-class arts institutions. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Fraser and Atkinson — Victoria Fraser, MD, head of the Department of Medicine, and John Atkinson, MD, former director of the Division of Rheumatology, unveil a portrait of Atkinson during a symposium Jan. 16 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. (Photo: Matt Miller/ School of Medicine)

Adia Harvey Wingfield — Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield, of Arts & Sciences, delivered the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration lecture in the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the School of Medicine on Jan. 20. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

Martin Luther King celebration — Members of Black Anthology perform during Washington University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Jan. 20 in Graham Chapel. Chancellor Andrew Martin delivered the keynote address. (Photo: Sid Hastings/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

Yuan named Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor

Byrne featured in ‘Volcano Worlds’

Sachs testifies on drug prices before Senate Judiciary Committee

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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