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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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Board ad hoc committee on spring 2024 protests completes report

The ad hoc committee established by the WashU Board of Trustees to review the university’s policies and guidelines governing on-campus protests and demonstrations has completed its work.


Researchers find missing link in autoimmune disorder

Scientists at WashU Medicine have identified a key component to launching immune activity and overactivity, providing a potential therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases.


WashU Experts on what Walgreens’ private equity deal means

Walgreens said it has reached a $10 billion buyout deal with private-equity firm Sycamore — a move that likely will have wide-ranging consequences for how consumers access health care, Olin Business School experts said.


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WashU in the News

Here’s what you need to know about St. Patrick’s Day


The Associated Press


How are Hispanic patients using Medicaid? Here are five issues that you should know


Miami Herald


Olin climbs in best undergraduate business schools list


Poets & Quants


Invasive longhorned tick has made its way to St. Louis


St. Louis public radio


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Washington People

Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo

Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo never stops her work on behalf of students. When she is not helping students apply for competitive fellowships, she is lecturing in African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences. And when she is not mentoring Mellon Mays fellows, she’s co-hosting dinners for her neighbors on the South 40.

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Campus and community news

Notables

Adolescent and young adult development expert Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, in Arts & Sciences, will serve as a member of the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science.


Research Wire

Computer scientists at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed TaxaBind, an artificial intelligence tool that combines six information streams to address modeling of ecosystems.


Announcements

Learn about inspiring people at WashU

The Office of Human Resources has a new initiative to spotlight staff members doing amazing work and to help build connections among employees.