Researchers led by Gregory A. Storch, MD, at the School of Medicine, have sequenced the genome of enterovirus D68 sampled from patients treated at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Nationwide, the virus has spread rapidly in recent months and caused severe respiratory illness in the young, with some patients requiring hospitalization.

Representatives and leaders from the university and the 28 McDonnell International Scholars Academy institutions gathered recently with policymakers, researchers, students and corporate partners for a symposium on “The Role of Research Universities in Addressing Global Challenges.” The McDonnell Academy sponsored the event, which focused on how interdisciplinary research and education collaboration can lead to solutions for the world’s most pressing problems.

Senior Adam Schefkind says his two passions — medicine and music — both demand precision and creativity. Schefkind, a senior majoring in biology in Arts & Sciences, and his band will perform at Jazz at Holmes at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Oct. 30.

Three years before American troops liberated the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps, a handful of Soviet-Jewish photographers bore witness to Nazi atrocities. Now, historian and scholar David Shneer shares their story for the Assembly Series and annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture. The free event is Tuesday, Nov. 4.