Friday, Feb. 25, 2022
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| Funded by a $33.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, researchers from the School of Medicine and other institutions have launched a large study that investigates just what keeps our brains sharp as we age and what contributes to cognitive decline. |
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| Undergraduate tuition will be $59,420 for the 2022-23 academic year — a $1,670 (2.9%) increase over the 2021-22 academic tuition of $57,750, announced Amy B. Kweskin, executive vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer. |
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| Interdisciplinary research from Washington University has uncovered a pattern in the tics associated with Tourette syndrome. The work may signal that a new diagnostic tool is near. |
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| Arts & Sciences’ James Wertsch, an expert on Russia and international affairs, analyzes Vladimir Putin’s motivation in attacking Ukraine. He says that Putin sees Russia on a mission to triumph over democracy and encourage the rise of Christian fascism. |
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| Notables
Three WashU faculty members and one alumna of the McKelvey School of Engineering have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. |
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| Research Wire
Chemist Jay Ponder, in Arts & Sciences, received a $152,775 supplemental award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for protein-ion binding research.
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| Announcements The Brown School has started a post-master’s certificate program in artificial intelligence (AI) applications for health data. The program is designed for professionals seeking to apply AI tools on health and other “big data” in their work or research. |
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Perspectives
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The latest episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast focuses on the pandemic’s role in anxiety, depression and other issues for health-care workers, as well as how to train future workers to get help before burnout begins.
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Who Knew WashU? Question: In what year did the first Black student graduate from the School of Medicine?
Answer: C) James L. Sweatt III, who would go on to specialize in cardiothoracic surgery, graduated in 1962. Karen Scruggs, the first female African American School of Medicine student, graduated in 1973.
Congrats to this week’s winner, staff member Barb Schaefer, in the Children’s Eye Center, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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