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Campus & Community

Relay For Life ‘connects us all’

Students walk in Relay for Life
Some 1,200 Washington University students, faculty and staff will gather at Francis Field Saturday Saturday, April 9, for Relay For Life, a 12-hour benefit for the American Cancer Society. For members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the event offers an opportunity to honor a fraternity brother who died of cancer.

IDEA Labs Demo Day to be held April 25

RSVP to attend the IDEA Labs Demo Day at 6 p.m. April 25. Students from the Medical and Danforth campuses will demonstrate prototypes for inventions they created to solve health-care problems.

Info sessions Wednesday, Thursday for Urban Fellows Program

The Gephardt Institute will hold information sessions Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7, for prospective applicants interested in the 10-month Urban Fellows Program. Fellows will contribute to the region’s civic efforts and learn more about urban issues.
Business & Entrepreneurship

WashU Expert: The central issue of the Panama Papers

Journalists continue to sort through and process the so-called “Panama Papers,” millions of financial documents offering a look at how politicians and public figures hide massive amounts of money in offshore accounts. A faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis says the case offers proof of the difficulty of government economic intervention.

Apply for leukemia research awards by May 2

Those interested in the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia Career Enhancement and Developmental Research Awards may submit applications through May 2.
Campus & Community

Academy of Science-St. Louis honors researchers

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Four researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are being honored as outstanding scientists by the Academy of Science-St. Louis. University recipients of this year’s honors are faculty members Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Robi D. Mitra, Gary J. Patti and Gary D. Stormo.