Friday, Jan. 20, 2023
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Top stories
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| A School of Medicine study may help explain how excess weight can contribute to diabetes and may provide researchers with a target to help prevent or delay diabetes in some of those at risk. |
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| Emeritus Trustee and alumnus Robert Frick and his wife, Barbara, have made a gift to establish a pilot initiative at the university to encourage an understanding of, and commitment to, civil discourse, free and open markets, free speech and personal responsibility. |
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| Washington University has equipped every building on every campus with an automated external defibrillator (AED), a device that can save lives. On-site demonstrations are available for departments and student groups. |
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| At the university’s Board of Trustees meeting last month, several faculty members in Arts & Sciences and the School of Medicine were granted tenure. Their new roles took effect Dec. 2. |
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Campus and community news
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| Notables
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor and director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine, has been elected chair of the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents. |
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Katharine Flores, a renowned materials scientist who develops new complex metallic alloys and advanced manufacturing techniques, was recently installed as the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor of Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering. |
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| Announcements Members of the Washington University community are invited to nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2024 Commencement. Nominations are due by Friday, Jan. 27. |
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| Announcements A university blood drive will be held Tuesday, Jan. 24. Donors can give blood from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Umrath Hall Lounge on the Danforth Campus. |
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Perspectives
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In this season of resolutions and efforts at self-improvement, postdoctoral researcher Cody Musselman, of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and Arts & Sciences, writes an article about the religious overtones of some fitness regimes, and how incorporating spiritual elements isn’t a novel concept.
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Who Knew WashU? Question: WashU holds an annual holiday lights recycling drive. How many pounds of lights were diverted from landfills with the 2021-22 collection?
Answer: C) 1,234 pounds of lights were collected a year ago. The holiday lights drive, which has been held since 2011, is accepting old lights until Feb. 1.
Congrats to this week’s winner, staff member Kimberly Olivastro, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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In memoriam
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| William Quinn, a celebrated painter and professor emeritus who taught at WashU for more than three decades, died Dec. 30 at Bridgeport Hospital, near his home in Milford, Conn. He was 93. |
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