Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016

Top Stories

New research findings on most lethal type of leukemia

Patients with the most lethal form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) typically survive just four to six months after diagnosis. But new research led by the School of Medicine indicates such patients may live longer with milder chemotherapy.

‘A rite of passage’

Washington University Dance Theatre will present “Critical Mass” this weekend, Dec. 2-4, in Edison Theatre. The annual event will feature dozens of dancers, selected by audition, performing choreography by seven faculty and visiting artists.

Learn more about campus entrepreneurial opportunities

In this video, faculty and staff discuss the Quick Start License and other entrepreneurial opportunities at the university.

Events

3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1

Gender pay gap panel discussion

3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1

Women’s infectious disease research seminar

5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1

World AIDS Day commemoration

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Campus Announcements

Memorial service today for Teitelman

A memorial service for Richard Teitelman, JD ’73, and judge on the Missouri Supreme Court, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Graham Chapel. A reception will follow in Anheuser-Busch Hall’s Crowder Courtyard.

Physical therapy clinic to open on Danforth Campus

The Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine is opening a clinic on the Danforth Campus Jan. 3. The clinic will begin to accept appointments from faculty, staff and students Monday, Dec. 5.

WashU in the News

Breakthrough in fighting Zika

Voice of America

More law degrees for women, but fewer good jobs

The New York Times

Gene Mackey, alum and founder of architecture firm, dies

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fast-food calorie labeling not working, study finds

The Philadelphia Inquirer | HealthDay News

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Campus Voices

‘Congress needs to restrict the president’s financial conflicts’

Kathleen Clark, a legal ethics expert at the School of Law, writes an op-ed in The Washington Post arguing that, in light of Donald Trump’s behavior, Congress should remove the presidential exemption from the federal law prohibiting executive branch employees from using government power for their own financial interests.

Notables

Michael Sherraden photo The mayor of New York has announced a new child savings account to help thousands of New York City public school children save for college. City officials relied on research from the Brown School’s Center for Social Development, led by Michael Sherraden, to develop the three-year pilot program, which starts next fall.

Who Knew WashU?

Gerty and Carl Cori work in their lab in 1947 Question: Which Washington University professor, past or present, was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
Answer: A) Gerty Cori and her husband, Carl Cori, received the Nobel Prize in December 1947 for their work on carbohydrate metabolism. She was also the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Michaele Penkoske, a consultant in the Career Center, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!

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