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First U.S.-India joint EMBA program launches

WUSTL and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have announced a joint Executive MBA program aimed at the international executive. The new program is the first of its kind to confer an MBA degree from both an Indian and an American university and will be modeled after WUSTL’s highly ranked EMBA in China and the U.S.

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Bullock named Wolff Professor of Urology

Arnold Bullock, MD, is highly regarded for his expertise in urology and his community outreach efforts, which are helping to reduce cancer disparities. He has been named the inaugural Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Urology at the School of Medicine.

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Slaying bacteria with their own weapons

WUSTL chemist Timothy Wencewicz, PhD, is working on a novel antibiotic delivery system. It would exploit small molecules called siderophores that bacteria secrete to scavenge for iron in their environments and the transport systems that pump siderophores back inside bacteria. By exploiting these molecules to smuggle antibiotics inside bacteria, Wencewicz hopes to sidestep antibiotic resistance.

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Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains, study suggests

Figuring out how to survive on a lean-season diet of hard-to-reach ants and other bugs may have spurred development of bigger brains and higher-level cognitive functions in the ancestors of humans and other primates. That’s what research led by WUSTL anthropologist Amanda Melin, PhD, suggests.

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Saxophonist Jay Hutson launches Jazz in July

Renowned saxophonist Jay Hutson has performed with everyone from Frankie Valli to the Pointer Sisters to Sean Combs. On Thursday, July 10, Hutson and his band, da Wolvez, will launch WUSTL’s Jazz in July series. Subsequent concerts will feature San Francisco trumpeter Erik Jekabson (pictured) and the university’s own Kara Baldus, among others.

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Obituary: Louis Gilula, professor of radiology, 71

Louis Gilula, MD, a School of Medicine faculty member for more than 30 years, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014, of pancreatic cancer. Gilula was a pioneer in wrist imaging. Landmarks in the wrist that radiologists use to check for normal alignment are still known as “Gilula’s arcs.”

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Obituary: W. Thomas Thach Jr., professor emeritus of neurobiology, 77

William Thomas Thach Jr., MD, professor emeritus of neurobiology, died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in Town and Country. He was 77. A neuroscience researcher and clinical neurologist, Thach was a renowned expert and pioneering researcher on the cerebellum.

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Summer blood drive

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IdeaBounce: Immigrant entrepreneurship

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What the Hobby Lobby decision means for you

Two WUSTL legal experts — John Inazu and Elizabeth Sepper — offer their perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Hobby Lobby case.

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McKinley Ave. to close July 21

From July 21 through Sept. 23, McKinley Avenue between Taylor Avenue and the Olin Circle will be closed to pedestrians, vehicles and shuttle bus traffic. The closure will allow for installation of an underground tunnel to connect two School of Medicine buildings under construction.

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