The Record
Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
Top stories
Research reveals how fructose in diet enhances tumor growth
The sweetener fructose is added to ultra-processed foods, typically as high-fructose corn syrup. Arts & Sciences research finds that the liver turns fructose into lipids that many types of cancers crave.
WashU’s Empower program helps educated refugees, region
A new, no-cost program at WashU is giving refugees next-level English and professional skills they need to find jobs that match their talents and training. Observers say the program is a win-win for refugees and the St. Louis region.
New drug tested for ‘half-matched’ stem cell transplants
A clinical trial conducted at WashU Medicine showed that adding an investigational drug to standard care for blood cancer treatments may reduce rates of life-threatening graft-versus-host disease.
Events
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DEC 6 |
Current work on the WashU papyri4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 |
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DEC 8 |
Book discussion: ‘James’ by Percival Everett7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 |
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DEC 9 |
Public Scholarship Symposium3–5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 |
WashU in the News
Belly fat linked to signs of Alzheimer’s 20 years before symptoms begin, study says
CNN
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy may be exempt from ethics rules as Trump’s advisors
USA Today
30 Under 30 Social Media 2025 includes student Lembke
Forbes
Earthquake panic of 1990: the New Madrid fault and Browning’s bold prediction
KMOX Newsradio
Campus and community news
Clarivate, an analytics company, named 47 researchers from WashU to the Highly Cited Researchers 2024 list. These scholars represent a variety of disciplines, including ecology, immunology, neuroscience and social science.
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research has announced that Alex Evers, MD, at WashU Medicine, will receive the foundation’s 2024 Mentoring Excellence in Research Award.
WashU Libraries offer free access to newspapers
Faculty, staff and students have access to national and local news publications such as The New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Business Journal through the university’s library system.
Perspectives
Podcast explores brain dynamics
Graduate students Addison Schwamb and BethAnna Jones discuss how they use math to describe how the brain works and how it helps them explore applications in patient care on a recent episode of the “Engineering the Future” podcast.
McKelvey School of engineering
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Who Knew WashU? Question: Alice Schriver once served as director of physical education at WashU. What else was she known for? Answer: A) Schriver was the first woman faculty member to serve in the U.S. armed forces, becoming a lieutenant in the WAVES, the women’s branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve, in 1943. Congrats to this week’s winner, Lanna Skadden, who works at Olin Business School and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag! |
In memoriam
Sam Fox, business leader and philanthropist, 95
Sam Fox, a business and civic leader who was also among St. Louis’ most prominent philanthropists and WashU’s most loyal and generous alumni, died Dec. 2. The Fox family will hold shiva for Sam Fox from 5-9:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in Weil Hall.