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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Top Stories

3-D mapping babies’ brains

Research from a collaborative university team tested a 3-D method that could lead to new diagnostic tools to precisely measure the third-trimester growth and folding patterns of a baby’s brain.

No progress seen in reducing antibiotics among outpatients

Despite public health campaigns aimed at reducing unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics, the drugs continue to be prescribed at startlingly high rates in settings such as clinics and physician offices, according to a School of Medicine study.

Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor

Gary Patti, of Arts & Sciences, has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry. His research focuses on the metabolic pathways involved in cancer and chronic pain.

Medical faculty honored by peers

Each year, School of Medicine faculty members nominate their peers for Distinguished Faculty Awards to recognize their colleagues’ wide-ranging achievements, talents and dedication.

Assembly Series talk focuses on Book of Revelation

Scholar and author Elaine Pagels will be on campus next week. Her Assembly Series talk, “Art, Music and Politics in the Book of Revelation,” will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.

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Events

Noon Wednesday, March 14

‘The Opioid Tsunami’

3 p.m. Thursday, March 15

‘Encouraging New Uses for Old Drugs’

2 p.m. Saturday, March 17

Bears baseball game vs. Coe

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Campus Announcements

Apply for Newman Exploration Travel Fund

University Libraries is encouraging graduate and undergraduate students, along with Danforth Campus faculty and staff members, to apply for a travel grant through the newly created Newman Exploration Travel Fund. The deadline is March 30.

Landau memorial service planned April 7

A service celebrating the life of William Landau, MD, professor emeritus of neurology at the School of Medicine, will be at 1 p.m. April 7 in Moore Auditorium on the Medical Campus. RSVP by March 30 to attend.

WashU in the News

Study: Daytime drowsiness increases Alzheimer’s risk in elderly

CNN

Ways NCAA can reform image and (maybe) compensate its athletes

CNBC

Is daylight saving time necessary? And why ‘springing ahead’ is harder than ‘falling back’

St. Louis Public Radio

Low-cost autonomous car inspired by insects

HEC-TV

Column: Trump tariffs are based on flawed view of trade

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Notables

Dedric Carter, the university’s vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer, will be a keynote speaker at the 2018 InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum March 29 in St. Louis.

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