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Friday, April 17, 2015

 
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Five to receive honorary degrees at 154th Commencement

Washington University will award five honorary degrees during the 154th Commencement May 15. Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, one of the recipients, will give the Commencement address. The university will bestow academic degrees on approximately 2,800 members of the Class of 2015.

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Friedman Lecture to focus on how technology is changing experience of aging

Stephen Johnston, co-founder of Aging 2.0, will give the annual Friedman Lecture on Wednesday, April 22, in Knight Hall. The lecture, “Better Living Through Innovation: Responding to an Aging Society,” is the signature event of the Friedman Center for Aging, part of the Institute for Public Health.

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Miller named Clayson Professor of Neurology

Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD, a leading researcher in the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has been named the David Clayson Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine. The professorship was established in 2001 through a bequest from David Clayson, PhD, to support innovative research into treatments for ALS.

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4 p.m. Friday, April 17

Undergraduate Research Symposium

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4 p.m. Friday, April 17

Memorial service for James Keating

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6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, April 17, 18

Black and Brown Film Festival

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Friday-Sunday, April 17-19

Alumni Reunion events

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WUSTL Campus Voices

‘Workplace Coffee and the Subversive Unconscious’

John Doris, PhD, professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, writes on the Center for the Humanities website about research on the subversive unconscious.

Announcements

Reminder: Staff Day is coming

Do you have spring fever? Abandon your desk and join Danforth Campus colleagues for some relaxation and outdoor fun at the annual Staff Day May 18. Register for lunch by Thursday, April 30.

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Notables: Faculty, Staff and Studet News & Achievements

Provost Emeritus Edward S. Macias, PhD, will receive an honorary degree next month from his alma mater Colgate University.
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