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The View From Here 4.25.16

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Architecture and the ‘Anti Object’

Kengo Kuma, one of Japan’s most Influential architects and theorists, will discuss his work May 4 for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts spring Public Lecture Series.

Regional emergency response exercise planned for April 26

The St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS) will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise on Tuesday, April 26 in various locations throughout the St. Louis region, including Washington University’s South Campus, located at 6501 Clayton Road.

Campus & Community

New center aims to fill void in drug development

Washington University has formed a new Center for Drug Discovery, with the idea that academic institutions must step in and contribute to research and development of new therapeutics that industry has largely abandoned because of market pressures.

Science & Technology

Why is radioactive iron raining down on us?

Most of the galactic cosmic rays reaching Earth come from nearby clusters of massive stars, according to new observations from NASA’s ACE spacecraft. The distance between the cosmic rays’ point of origin and Earth is limited by the survival of a radioactive isotope of iron, Fe-60, which has a half life of 2.6 million years. These tiny clocks indicate there was a source within spitting distance of Earth within the past few million years.

Media Advisory: John Paul Stevens on campus April 25

At 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 25, the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and the Assembly Series welcomes to campus John Paul Stevens, who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court for 35 years until his retirement in 2010.

Science & Technology

Farming amoebae carry around detoxifying food

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum can farm symbiotic bacteria for food by carrying them from generation to generation. New research shows that these bacteria can also protect the amoeba from environmental toxins.

Humanities & Society

Research reveals racial disparities in education debt

Low-to-moderate income black students and graduates accrue on average $7,721 more student debt than their white counterparts, finds a new analysis by researchers in the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.

Olin Business School recognizes distinguished alumni at annual dinner

The Olin Business School recently honored several graduates who have attained distinction in their careers at its 30th Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner, held at the Ritz-Carlton April 15.

One person injured in shooting on Forsyth Blvd.

At 1:30 p.m. today, a person was injured in a shooting on Forsyth Boulevard near the Mallinckrodt Center of Washington University in St. Louis. The injuries are believed to be non-life threatening and the victim has been transported to the hospital for medical care.