School of Medicine researchers have been awarded $13.7 million from the National Cancer Institute to create new therapies for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the immune system. Samuel Achilefu, PhD (right), and Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, will lead the newly created Center for Multiple Myeloma Nanotherapy, where scientists will work to develop nanomaterials and drugs to treat the disease.
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More than 275 degree candidates are expected to take part in the December Recognition Ceremony Saturday, Dec. 5. This year’s event begins at 1:30 p.m. with the procession into Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus. Learn more about a few of our many amazing graduating students and their future plans.
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The Public Health Data and Training Center at the Institute for Public Health (IPH) has found a cost-effective way to get a handle on obesity rates. The city of St. Louis sought IPH’s help to determine current levels so officials can target efforts. Ben Cooper, manager of the data center, tapped driver’s license records to quickly and at low cost estimate rates and areas of focus. The tactic could have applications in other research.
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Noon Thursday, Dec. 3
The You Behind WashU: Gephardt Institute
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5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
Boeing Patent Challenge finals event
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8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
Jazz at Holmes: Strange Fruit
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Leah Merrifield, who oversees the university’s innovative College Prep program, discusses that project, and other efforts to bring more low-income students to campus, with the Hechinger Report, an education news website.
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Faculty and staff are invited to the annual holiday luncheon from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, in College Hall on the South 40. The cost is $10. RSVP by Dec. 14.
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Denise Ward-Brown, of the Sam Fox School, and poet Travis Mossotti, a grant analyst, are among 10 recipients of the Regional Arts Commission’s 2015 Artist Fellowships.
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