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What: Washington University and Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) present “Innovate, Accelerate, Transform: Investing in People, Businesses and Communities,” an event showcasing the beneficial results of their unique community partnership. When: 3:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 3. Where: Washington University’s Danforth Campus, Knight/Bauer Hall campus map Who: Washington University students, faculty and alumni, as well as […]

Washington University in St. Louis faculty on the Danforth Campus are invited to complete a survey about resources and services offered by Washington University Libraries. The survey will help the libraries better develop, enhance and deliver the collections and services designed to meet the current and future needs of the campus community​.

Highlighting a potential target in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests that triggering a protein found on the surface of brain cells may help slow the progression of these and other neurological diseases.

The Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have announced the first recipients of Faculty Collaborative Grants. Presented under the auspices of The Divided City, a new urban humanities initiative, the awards are funded in part by a four-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Marcus E. Raichle, MD, has been named an inaugural Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine. A professor of radiology, psychology, biomedical engineering, neurobiology and neurology, his many honors include the 2014 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience.

Since the mid-1990s, thousands of Bosnian refugees have settled in South St. Louis. Today, “Little Bosnia’ includes more than 60,000 people — the largest Bosnian community outside Bosnia. On Tuesday, March 3, the Department of Music and musicians from the St. Louis Symphony will explore their stories with a free concert titled “Bosnian Journeys: Generations.”

Things are looking much brighter on Skinker Boulevard between Forest Park Parkway and Delmar Boulevard, thanks to Washington University’s installation of new pedestrian-scale lighting and improvements to the street lighting.

A unique, transforming partnership between Washington University in St. Louis and Wells Fargo Advisors will be celebrated in a special event called “Innovate, Accelerate, Transform: Investing in People, Businesses and Communities,” which begins at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in Knight Hall on the Danforth Campus. The event is free and open to the entire university community.

Why do so many of us cry at the movies? Why do we flinch when Rocky Balboa takes a punch? What’s really happening in our brains as we immerse ourselves in the lives being acted out on screen? These are the questions that Washington University in St. Louis neuroscientist Jeffrey M. Zacks, PhD, explores in his new book, “Flicker: Your Brain on Movies.”

Higher education reduces recidivism rates by as much as half. Yet today, only a small fraction of U.S. prisoners have access to such programs. In the fall of 2014, University College launched the Washington University Prison Education Project, a three-year pilot program supported by a grant from the Bard Prison Initiative.