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Staff are invited to join a small group discussion of the critically acclaimed essay collection, Notes from No Man’s Land, by Eula Biss. The book, a provocative exploration of race and identity, is this year’s selection for the First Year Reading Program.
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Each year, about 431 million adults worldwide are victims of cybercrime, costing $388 billion based on time and monetary loss. The School of Engineering & Applied Science, partnering with Olin Business School, is launching a master’s degree in cyber security management this fall to provide area professionals and full-time students with the skills needed to prepare for and stop cyber attacks in the workplace.
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Researchers have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. Pictured in blue are the cells and in green, the insulin.
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Thanks to a grant from the St. Louis-based Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation, 21 physician scientist trainees at the School of Medicine will receive research support. Pictured is Oliver Langenberg, who led the foundation for more than 50 years before his death last year and after whom the physician scientist training programs in the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics have been renamed.
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Nitrous oxide — best known as laughing gas — is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used anesthetics. Despite its popularity, however, experts have questioned its impact on the risk of a heart attack during surgery or soon afterward. But those fears are unfounded, a new study indicates.
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An internship program to encourage people of diverse backgrounds to work in technology was a success, and now leaders are working to carry it forward. Denise Hirschbeck, assistant vice chancellor of information services & technology, said her department’s internship program showed that people without a background in technology could succeed if given the chance and appropriate training.
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WUSTL biologist Alan Templeton, PhD, and colleagues in Israel and Germany received
$2 million to look at the shifting patterns of gene expression, called the transcriptome, in two remarkably versatile species of fire salamander, one native to Israel and the other to Germany. The work may explain why this genus of salamanders is able to adapt to a wide variety of habitats when most salamander species live in one.
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Thomas W. Ferkol, MD, the Alexis Hartmann, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, has been installed as president-elect of the American Thoracic Society.
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Anastasia Sorokina lived in Japan as a small child and always wanted to return. Next year, the rising junior will get the chance, thanks to the Boren scholarship, which allows U.S. students to study abroad in parts of the world critical to U.S. interests. Sorokina is double-majoring in comparative arts and international studies, both in Arts & Sciences.
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8 p.m. Thursday, July 11
Singer Feyza Eren, drummer Steve Davis, pianist Matt Villinger and bassist Ben Wheeler to perform varieties of standard jazz. Co-sponsored by University College and Dept. of Music. Record story. Free coffee and punch. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge.
Friday, July 12
Runs through July 26. Record story. Institute offers workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction and poetry, as well as readings, craft talks and individual conferences with instructors. Registration/event details. (314) 935-6700 or summer@artsci.wustl.edu.
9:15 a.m. Friday, July 12
“New Insights Into the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Severe Asthma,” Mario Castro, prof. of medicine and pediatrics, Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. Free and open to the public. Wohl Clinic, Clopton Aud. (314) 454-6006.
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The Civic Engagement Fund supports civic engagement and community service projects throughout the year. Undergraduate, graduate, professional students, alums, faculty and staff are eligible to apply. Grants are available for both individuals and groups. Applications are due Aug. 2.
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