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Campus & Community

Washington People: Caitlin Kelleher

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Caitlin Kelleher, the Hugo F. & Ina Champ Urbauer Career Development Associate Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, focuses on how programming environments can support kids ages 10-17 to most effectively learn computer programming to help them develop problem-solving skills, express creativity and understand its relevance to nearly everything.
Medicine & Health

Probing proteins’ 3-D structures suggests existing drugs may work for many cancers

Examining databases of proteins’ 3-D shapes, scientists at School of Medicine have identified more than 850 DNA mutations that appear to be linked to cancer. The information may expand the number of cancer patients who can benefit from existing drugs. The study, published June 13 in Nature Genetics, detailed a list of the mutations and associated drugs that may work against them.

Pakrasi makes presentation on sustainable energy

Himadri Pakrasi, the Myron and Sonya Glassberg/Albert and Blanche Greensfelder Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability, presented the lead address at the “Sustainable and Affordable Energy Challenge for the World” symposium at Columbia University.
Arts & Culture

30 years of public art

It began as an experiment. Three decades later, the University City Public Art Series is the nation’s longest-running public art collaboration between a university and a local municipality.

Who Knew WashU? 6.7.16

Question: As the world mourns the death of Muhammad Ali, we ask: When did Ali give an address in Graham Chapel?

Student Ross awarded DAAD fellowship

Claire Ross, a graduate student in Germanic Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to conduct dissertation research.
Business & Entrepreneurship

Celebrate or commemorate?

A watch and jewelry.
Recent research has indicated a general consumer preference for experiences over material goods when it comes to giving and receiving gifts. But new findings from researchers at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis show that major life events might be the exception to that rule.

Scott named a 2016 Newcombe Fellow

Amanda Scott, a doctoral candidate in history in Arts & Sciences, is one of 20 winners of the 2016 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. The $25,000 award is among the nation’s most prestigious for doctoral candidates in the humanities and social sciences, with a specific emphasis on questions concerning ethical and religious values.