Friday, Feb. 15, 2019

Top Stories

A Q&A with Day of Discovery speaker Irshad Manji

Bestselling author Irshad Manji talks about her notion of moral courage and how that relates to diversity. She will give the Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action keynote address at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus.

Drug target identified for chemo-resistant cancers

Researchers at the School of Medicine may have found a path toward improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy in people with breast or ovarian cancer caused by defects in one of the BRCA genes.

McDonnell Genome Institute mission expands

The McDonnell Genome Institute at the School of Medicine plans to expand its mission to apply genetic knowledge to precision medicine. Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD, executive director, is leading the effort.

Consequences of tinkering with online prices studied

A new paper by a team of researchers — including two faculty from Olin Business School — shows the practice of dynamic pricing can generate unintended consequences by changing customers’ behavior.

WashU Expert: Mission complete

Raymond E. Arvidson, of Arts & Sciences, is deputy principal investigator for the Mars exploration rover. He reflects on the years of overseeing Opportunity, which was expected to last about three months. NASA declared its mission complete this week.

Events

4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15

‘Guangzhou Dream Factory’ film screening

10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18

McDonnell Genome Institute tour

Noon Wednesday, Feb. 20

‘Activating the Museum’ architecture lecture

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Campus Announcements

Submit proposals for Kemper’s Teaching Gallery

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is now accepting proposals for the fall 2019 Teaching Gallery exhibition. The gallery is a space dedicated to exhibiting works from the museum with ties to university courses. The deadline for faculty to submit proposals is March 1.

WashU in the News

Forget GPS — this robot navigates like an ant

PBS | Nova

Clustered stem cells become working insulin producers in potential cure for diabetes

New Atlas

Column: Buyback ban would distort markets and hurt the economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ross elected to St. Louis Zoological Park Subdistrict Commission

The St. Louis American

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Campus Voices

Medical faculty reviews book ‘Darwin Devolves’

Joshua Swamidass, PhD, MD, of the School of Medicine, co-authored a book review featured in Science of the book “Darwin Devolves,” arguing the book seeks “to overturn modern evolutionary theory.”

Notables

NASA’s Astrobiology Program has awarded $9 million to a multi-institution team for the Earth First Origins project, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jeffrey G. Catalano of Arts & Sciences is a co-investigator.

Who Knew WashU?

Hatchet yearbook cover Question: Ahead of the founding father’s birthday next week, we ask: From which reference to George Washington did the university’s first student yearbook receive its name?
Answer: B) Published for the 1902-03 school year, the first university yearbook was titled The Hatchet in reference to the story of Washington chopping down a cherry tree.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Jan Snow, who works at Olin Business School and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!

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