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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Top Stories

Survival of the hardest-working

An engineering team has developed a cellular kill switch, a sensor that rewards hard-working cells and eliminates their lazy counterparts. The high-tech engineering fix could help improve production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

EMBA cohort makes inaugural trip to Brookings in D.C.

Olin Business School’s Executive MBA cohort recently traveled to Washington for a four-day immersion program focused on policy entrepreneurship, hosted by Brookings Executive Education.

The Slaughter Project brings ‘Caravan’ to Edison Theatre

The Slaughter Project, resident dance company in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, will present “Caravan,” exploring experiences of kinship and alienation, Friday and Saturday, March 25-26.

Obituary: Danny Kohl, professor emeritus of biology, 87

Danny Howard Kohl, a professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences, died Saturday, March 12, 2016, in St. Louis. He was 87. A memorial service will be held April 9.

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Events

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23

Andrea Stanislav exhibition talk

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Washington People

C. Prakash Gyawali

C. Prakash Gyawali

Gastroenterologist C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, of the School of Medicine, uses complex tools to learn what’s behind patients’ symptoms and treat them more effectively.

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WashU in the News

Family feuds erupt over unequal bequests

CNBC

Toxic stress and trauma endanger children

The Bellingham Herald | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Army Corps: ‘Something has changed’ in Red River

The Shreveport Times

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Campus Voices

‘Calculate your economic risk’

Inequality expert Mark Rank, of the Brown School, co-wrote an op-ed in The New York Times about his latest work, a calculator in which people can determine their risk of falling into poverty, and what the data tell us.

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Who Knew WashU?

Who Knew WashU?Q: What Washington University distinction does Phoebe Couzins hold?
A: She was the first woman graduate of Washington University School of Law, in 1871. (She was also among the first female lawyers in the U.S. and was active in the women’s suffrage movement.)
Congrats to this week’s winner, Lisa Tindall, of Alumni & Development Programs, who will receive an ‘I Knew WashU’ luggage tag!

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