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Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

Top Stories

Potential new therapy relieves chronic itch

New research at the School of Medicine has identified immune signaling molecules that are essential for activating neurons in the skin to cause chronic itching. Further, the researchers found that an arthritis drug may bring relief.

Emergency Management hosts first Ready Week

The university’s Emergency Management Department is hosting its first Ready Week. Take part in fun and interactive events and training courses now through Friday, Sept. 15, on both the Danforth and Medical campuses.

Decade of work pays off

For more than a decade, university engineer Jr-Shin Li has sought a better way for pulse design using the similarity between spins and springs by using numerical experiments. His latest research is published in Nature Communications.

WashU Expert: DACA and Houston

Rescinding DACA will deprive Houston of a substantial workforce at the very moment the city needs that workforce most, argues water management expert Derek Hoeferlin, of the Sam Fox School.

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Campus Announcements

University commemorates 9/11

In commemoration of the 16th anniversary of 9/11, the university will lower the American flag and ring the bells of Graham Chapel 16 times at 9:28 a.m. today, marking the moment the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.

The View From Here

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WashU in the News

Could Zika virus help battle deadly brain cancer?

CBS News

Q&A with Teresa Deshields on better cancer care

The Huffington Post

Dogs help conservationists track, protect endangered jaguars, pumas in Argentina

UPI

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Notables

Sean Joe, of the Brown School, has been named to the national advisory committee of Forward Promise, a national grant-making program that supports the health of boys and young men of color.

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