The Record

News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
Straight from The Source

Monday, Oct. 16, 2017

Top Stories

$3.7 million for manganese-linked neurological disorders research

The National Institutes of Health is funding a $3.7 million study led by the School of Medicine to determine whether people develop neurological damage from manganese at levels currently deemed safe. Brad Racette, MD, is the principal investigator.

Choosing between work and breastfeeding in Haiti

New mothers in poor urban communities may feel the necessity to work and have a measure of food security rather than trying to find the time and ability for exclusive breastfeeding, a health issue that could be rectified with social support, researchers from the Brown School, including Carolyn Lesorogol, found in a study in Haiti.

Nasdaq president to speak for Calhoun Lectureship series

Adena T. Friedman, president and chief executive officer of Nasdaq, will deliver the David R. Calhoun Lectureship at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.

Read more stories on The Source →

Events

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16

Free bike tuneup at medical school

View all events →

The View From Here

Through the Washington University lens View Gallery →

WashU in the News

Insults, lawsuits and broken rules: How Trump built a California golf course

NPR

When it comes to cancer, here’s what you should sweat and here’s what you shouldn’t

Los Angeles Times

Was this ancient person from China the offspring of modern humans and Neandertals?

Science

See more WashU in the News →

Campus Voices

Moms at work

Sociologist Caitlyn Collins investigates how public policies affect family life in Europe and the United States. She shares some of her findings on Arts & Sciences’ Hold That Thought podcast.

Read more Campus Voices →

Notables

Bin Cao, a Washington University postdoctoral researcher who studies how the placenta protects the fetus from infections such as Zika virus, has been named a 2017 Wunderkind by the national biomedical publication STAT News.

Read more Notables →

You have received this e-mail because you expressed interest in receiving updates from wustl.edu, the Record and its related products by e-mail. Thanks for your subscription. If you do not want to receive the Record via e-mail, you may unsubscribe. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future e-mails.