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A new, interdisciplinary academic program will combine courses in math, computer science, engineering and finance for Washington University in St. Louis students pursuing a career in financial engineering.

Two Washington University in St. Louis graduates were finalists for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world’s most prestigious academic awards: Damari Croswell, an Arts & Sciences alum, and Yidan Qin, an engineering alum.

Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a fellow of The Optical Society.

Boeing Co. has awarded Washington University in St. Louis’ Institute for School Partnership a grant for STEMpact.

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Samuel Achilefu, the Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry and to The Optical Society.

Phyllis I. Hanson, MD, PhD, the Gerty T. Cori Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the School of Medicine, has been named chairperson of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Membrane Biology and Protein Processing Study Section.

Question: How long are the newly planted Chinkapin oak trees along historic Oak Allee, the path connecting Brookings Quadrangle to Graham Chapel, expected to live?

Charles B. Anderson, MD, a former professor and director of the Division of General Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died of congestive heart failure Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his daughters. He was 78.

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