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Forum to focus on gun suicide

More than 60 percent of the 32,000 annual U.S. gun deaths are suicides. A community forum on “Guns, Suicide and Safety” will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, in Hillman Hall’s Clark-Fox Forum.

Kolker promoted to associate vice chancellor, university architect

James Kolker has been promoted to associate vice chancellor and university architect, effective Feb. 1, announced Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration.

Study looks to better engage workers on wellness

Some workers are less likely to participate in employer-based health and wellness programs. School of Medicine researchers have received a $3 million grant to evaluate efforts to engage such employees in healthier behaviors.

WashU Expert: What’s next for the Fed and the economy?

Financial markets worldwide have become increasingly volatile in 2016. Olin financial economics expert Jennifer Dlugosz looks into reasons why and examines what’s next.

Engineers in National Geographic special Sunday

Two engineering faculty are included in a National Geographic Channel episode scheduled to air Sunday, Feb. 14. The one-hour documentary, “Explorer: Eyes Wide Open,” focuses on the evolution of sight.

Events

Noon Friday, Feb. 12

‘How De Klerk Ended South Africa’s Civil War’

11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13

‘The Liberal Arts in the 21st Century’

1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14

Gallery talk on Churchill paintings

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WashU in the News

Can you name the former U.S. president on the $10 bill?

Daily Mail (U.K.)

Top takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Agence France-Presse | The Economic Times

New documentary highlights boy with amazing memory

St. Louis Public Radio

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Campus Voices

‘The New Anthropology of Love’

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dredge Byung’chu Kang, a cultural anthropologist in Arts & Sciences, discusses national and global relationship trends and what does (or doesn’t) make us fall in love for “Hold That Thought.”