Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016

Top Stories

Witches and wizards in the world created by J.K. Rowling all must rely on Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Financial engineer Zachary Feinstein explored dividing up Gringotts using the latest financial math research.

National trial to assess drugs for severe seizures

A national clinical trial involving university physicians at St. Louis Children’s Hospital will compare three common anti-seizure medications used to treat seizures longer than five minutes that don’t respond to initial treatment.

Shimon Attie named 2016-17 Freund Teaching Fellow

Shimon Attie, who has a reputation for exploring themes of place, memory and communal trauma, will serve as the 2016-17 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow. The fellowship is jointly organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Sam Fox School.

Events

4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17

Dennis Stroughmatt lecture and performance

7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17

Architect Maya Lin lecture

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17

Wind Ensemble concert

7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18

Health-care financing post-election

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WashU in the News

Mantis shrimp’s incredible eyesight yields clues for detecting cancer

NPR

Fr. Gary Braun included in ‘Sermons on Trump’ video

The New York Times

Why political science is not an election casualty

The Washington Post

Professor connects religious embrace of Trump to distaste for Clinton

Missourinet

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Campus Voices

Politi discusses what goes into health decision-making

Clinical psychologist Mary Politi, of the School of Medicine, discusses helping patients make decisions about their health care and insurance, and available tools to guide that process, on the Society of Behavioral Medicine site.

Research Wire

ShiNung Ching and Jr-Shin Li, of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, are working on methods to get a specific reaction from particular cells in the brain, thanks to a two-year, $254,496 grant, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovating Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

Who Knew WashU?

Oak Allee in the 1970s Question: How long are the newly planted Chinkapin oak trees along historic Oak Allee, the path connecting Brookings Quadrangle to Graham Chapel, expected to live?
Answer: C) Currently 6 years old and 14 feet tall, the Chinkapin oak trees in Oak Allee are expected to live 150 years or more. They will restore landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted’s original vision for the path.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Todd Farr, of the Sam Fox School, who will receive an “I Knew WashU!” luggage tag!

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