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Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013

 
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WUSTL receives $26 million for leukemia research

The National Cancer Institute has awarded two major grants totaling $26 million to leukemia researchers and physicians at the School of Medicine. The funding has the potential to lead to novel therapies for leukemia that improve survival and reduce treatment-related side effects. Pictured are cancer cells from a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

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Contraception mandate debate leads to worrisome ‘corporate conscience’ concept, professor warns​

The controversy and legal battles surrounding the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act have led to a new – and worrisome – legal concept: the idea of a “corporate conscience,” warns Elizabeth Sepper, JD, who teaches at the School of Law.

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Spend an evening with Judy Collins on Saturday

In a career stretching more than five decades, Judy Collins has been a piano prodigy, an anti-war activist and a chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning pop icon. On Saturday, Oct. 12, the Edison Ovations Series will welcome Collins for a special, one-night-only performance.

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Woman’s Club welcomes newcomers

Risa Zwerling Wrighton hosted a luncheon at Harbison House last month to introduce women new to WUSTL to the Woman’s Club of Washington University. The organization is a way for women connected to the university to form friendships and grow intellectually through educational, service and social activities.

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6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8

Kemper Art Museum lecture

“Max Beckmann Paints a Poet in 1935: The Intellectual and Artistic Atmosphere in Early Nazi Berlin” by Frank Druffner, German Literature Archive. Co-sponsored by Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences. Free and open to the public. Event details. Kemper Art Museum. (314) 935-4523.

Noon Wednesday, Oct. 9

Brown School Speaker Series

“The Oregon Solar Highway” by Allison Hamilton, program manager, Oregon Dept. of Transportation. Free and open to the public. Event details. Brown Hall Lounge. Contact: (314)
935-3599.

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Students can win $500 for open-access videos

To celebrate and promote the burgeoning open-access movement, the Washington University Libraries are hosting a video contest and a week of events Oct. 21-27.

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