The Record
Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
Top stories
NASA’s Europa Clipper prepares for launch
The Europa Clipper mission is the first to target Jupiter’s ocean moon for detailed science investigation. In this Q&A, Arts & Sciences’ William B. McKinnon describes what’s at stake when it launches next month.
WashU Medicine to offer new reproductive science program
WashU Medicine is launching a new master’s program in reproductive sciences. The training opportunity will focus on research in human reproductive health; classes will begin next fall.
COVID-19 job losses impacted withdrawal from retirement funds
Having a robust emergency savings fund could help people weather financial shocks, such as job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study from the Brown School.
Events
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SEP 20 |
Kemper UnpluggedNoon Friday, Sept. 20 |
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SEP 23 |
Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research launchesNoon–4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23 |
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SEP 23 |
Panel discussion for ‘Play Harder,’ book on Black baseball4–5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23 |
Social Post of the WeekA magical evening with the @stlsymphony and WashU string ensemble
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WashU in the News
Whatever happened to … the global effort to wipe out cervical cancer with a vaccine?
national public radio
Two new court filings could postpone execution of Marcellus Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington University gets millions in grant funds for virus research
KMOV-TV
Campus and community news
Two WashU faculty members, Benjamin Garcia (left) and Rohit Pappu, have received annual awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
St. Louis writer Marie Wenya Burns (left) and WashU undergraduate student Alethea Franklin are the second recipients of the annual Heartland Journalism Fellowships.
Women’s Society accepting student proposals for funding
The Women’s Society of Washington University invites undergraduate students to submit funding requests for student-led projects that fit within its guidelines. The deadline is Oct. 18.
Perspectives
‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants
Haitian history scholar Nathan Dize, in Arts & Sciences, writes an article offering historical context about American prejudice toward Haiti and its people in response to former President Donald Trump’s false claims about immigrants eating pets.
the conversation
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Who Knew WashU? Question: The St. Louis Walk of Fame honors notable St. Louisans with accomplishments in fields from art and literature to science and sports. Which Walk of Fame honoree is a current WashU faculty member? Answer: B) Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, is among dozens of people on the Walk of Fame with connections to WashU. Congrats to this week’s winner, Kelly Schmidt, a historian and lecturer in African and African American studies. Schmidt will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag! |
In memoriam
T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery
Tae Sung (T.S.) Park, MD, a renowned neurosurgeon who pioneered a surgical technique that improved the lives of thousands of children worldwide, died Aug. 31 while on vacation with his family in Mexico. He was 77.