Friday, Jan. 13, 2017

Top Stories

University to celebrate King’s legacy Monday

A passionate advocate for college access, Leah Merrifield will receive the university’s 2017 Rosa L. Parks Award at the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, in Graham Chapel. The School of Medicine and Brown School also hold events Monday.

Stephens appointed university librarian

Denise Stephens, university librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been appointed university librarian at Washington University, effective July 1, according to Provost Holden Thorp. Stephens succeeds Jeffrey G. Trzeciak.

Neighborhood clinic marks anniversary

Under the leadership of Will Ross, MD, the Saturday Neighborhood Health Clinic has provided a valuable community service and served as an incubator for mentoring students. The clinic celebrated its 20th anniversary this week.

Cleaning chromium from drinking water

A university engineer has found a new way to neutralize the dangerous chemical chromium-6 in drinking water, making it safer for human consumption.

The cost of braininess

Do big-brained creatures steal energy for them from other organs or eat more to supply this expensive tissue? New Arts & Sciences work in large-brained fish suggests skimping elsewhere is not enough.

Events

8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13

Black Rep: ‘Lines in the Dust’

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Spring semester classes begin

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17

DUC Chamber Music Series

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Campus Announcements

Refresher on university’s severe weather policy

Inclement weather in the St. Louis area is expected starting later today. The university and all campuses remain on regular operating schedules. For up-to-date information and for the university’s Severe Weather & Closing Policy, visit the Emergency Management website.

WashU in the News

Neanderthals were people, too

The New York Times

Don’t let money worries shorten your life

U.S. News & World Report

Donald Trump’s ‘first attempt to ignore the law’

The Washington Post

Teach students how to handle change, says new Olin dean

Times Higher Education

Washington University Physicians gets new CEO

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Notables

Melvin Blanchard photo Melvin Blanchard, MD, a professor of medicine at the School of Medicine and program director of the internal medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has received a 2017 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.

The Record