Friday, April 2, 2021
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Top stories
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| The School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Brain Tumor Center, a multidisciplinary practice of physicians and scientists whose mission is to provide leading-edge, patient-centric care for brain tumor patients. |
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| A new study from Washington University suggests that a minor adjustment to the current standard treatment for an aggressive type of brain cancer — giving chemotherapy in the morning rather than the evening — could add a few months to patients’ survival. |
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| Biologist Eleanor Pardini in Arts & Sciences analyzed long-term population data to show that rising temperatures threaten an endangered California plant that she has tracked for more than 14 years. |
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Events
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Campus and community news
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| Notables
Monika Weiss, associate professor of art at the Sam Fox School, will discuss the work of Spanish painter Francisco Goya, as well as her own transdisciplinary practice, for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The talk will be streamed beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. |
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The university recently received the Regional Sustainability Award from the St. Louis commuter ride-share program RideFinders. The award recognizes organizations that exemplify a commitment to improving air quality by promoting sustainable commuting options. |
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| Announcements The university will be holding multiple Commencement ceremonies on May 20, 21 and 30 and seeks staff volunteers to help them run smoothly. The university will take safety precautions and follow government guidelines to ensure safety for volunteers, graduates and guests. |
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Perspectives
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In a new episode of the “American Democracy Lab” podcast, presented by the Gephardt Institute, WashU experts help us understand what anger means, particularly at this moment, and how we can build a more “United” States.
American Democracy Lab
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Who Knew WashU? Question: The last streetcar to campus stopped running in the winter of what year?
B) In the winter of 1963, the last streetcar to campus stopped running, bringing the university’s reputation as a “streetcar college” to a symbolic end.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Mary K. Horton, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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In memoriam
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| Charles J. Kilo, MD, a former professor of clinical medicine at the School of Medicine, died of pneumonia March 15 in Naples, Fla. He was 94. Kilo and collaborators at the School of Medicine were among the first to demonstrate that diabetes complications are linked to the disease’s duration and blood sugar control. |
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