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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017

Top Stories

Home delinquency rates lower among ACA households

Families who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act are significantly more likely to make their rent and mortgage payments than are those who remain uninsured, suggests a new study from the Brown School and Olin Business School.

Unraveling autism

A multifaceted study — one of three major approaches School of Medicine researchers are using to unravel the physical and psychological underpinnings of autism — aims to detect, treat and even reverse the disorder.

Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions

At the university’s Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 2, several faculty members were appointed, appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure.

Release of water shakes Pacific Plate at depth

Seismologists from the university and elsewhere analyzed data from 671 earthquakes that occurred in the Pacific Plate as it descended into the Tonga Trench. They argue in Science Advances that the earthquakes are sparked by the release of water at depth.

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Events

Noon Wednesday, Jan. 18

Memories and decision-making seminar

4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19

‘Refusing optimism’ lecture

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Campus Announcements

Faculty Achievement Award nominations sought

Nominations are being accepted for the annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. The nomination deadline is Feb. 17.

Washington People

Joseph Schraibman

Joseph Schraibman

Joseph “Pepe” Schraibman shares his passion for teaching and what he has learned over decades in the classroom. He won a Distinguished Teaching Award from Arts & Sciences last year.

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WashU in the News

WashU tops in share of black first-year students at leading research universities

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Supreme Court saved Obama’s legacy; his legacy changed court

The Huffington Post

The comedic side of William Peter Blatty, author of ‘The Exorcist’

The New York Times

When right to work comes, can Missouri’s unions adapt?

St. Louis Public Radio

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Campus Voices

‘A cortical cartographer’s journey: Q&A with David Van Essen’

David Van Essen, of the School of Medicine, talks about how he came to study the cerebral cortex, the Human Connectome Project and more in a Q&A on the Cognitive Neuroscience Society website.

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Notables

students accept award from veterans groupWUVets, a university veterans group, was named Chapter of the Year by the Student Veterans of America, a national organization that provides resources and scholarships to college veterans. WUVets leaders and Brown School students James Petersen and Jennifer Goetz accepted the award.

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