Friday, March 23, 2018

Top Stories

Infectious diseases docs may be lifesaving for some patients

For patients with difficult-to-treat, drug-resistant infections, seeing an infectious diseases specialist can be a lifesaver. Such patients experienced significantly lower mortality rates when treated by such specialists, a School of Medicine study found.

Academy for Diversity and Inclusion to improve climate

As part of ongoing efforts to improve the campus climate for faculty and staff, the university is launching the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion. It will support employees through programming, training, events and other resources.

Finding ‘Common Ground’

When words fail and argument falls short, art and performance can help reframe important questions. At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 24, three campus choreographers will explore issues of culture, identity and social justice in the dance concert “Common Ground.”

From ‘Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton’

Oskar Eustis, one of the most admired figures in contemporary American theater, will present the annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture on Monday, March 26, for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Events

6:30 p.m. Friday, March 23

‘The Vastness of Interconnectedness’

3-7 p.m. Monday, March 26

Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

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Campus Announcements

Earth Week events begin Monday

The university community will have the chance to take part in a number of events beginning Monday, March 26, to celebrate Earth Week, from speakers to a pop-up farmer’s market to electronics recycling.

Social Photo of the Week

Check out this #WashUMed arthritis rap video

WashU in the News

Experts: Plenty of reasons for Greitens to seek bench trial

The Associated Press

WashU researchers hope to train the brain how to smell again

St. Louis Public Radio

Meetings go back to the future

HEC-TV

What the Express Scripts merger means for St. Louis

St. Louis Magazine

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Campus Voices

The radio drama in post-World War II Germany

German studies scholar Caroline Kita, of Arts & Sciences, discusses on the Center for the Humanities website her book project exploring the role of the radio drama in post-World War II Germany. She is co-organizer of a symposium, “The Arts of Democratization,” April 5-7 on the Danforth Campus.

Research Wire

Brad A. Racette, MD, the Robert Allan Finke Professor of Neurology and executive vice chair of clinical affairs in the Department of Neurology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Manganese-Induced Neurotoxic Effects Research in South Africa.”

The Record