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Kulkarni named editor-in-chief of Cancer Genetics journal

Shashikant Kulkarni, PhD, an associate professor of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, has been named editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer Genetics.

Goodman appointed to City of St. Louis Board of Health and Hospitals

Melody Goodman, PhD, an assistant professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and a research member of Siteman Cancer Center, has been appointed to the City of St. Louis Board of Health and Hospitals.

Campus & Community

Trustees meet, discuss graduate and professional education

The Friday, Dec. 4, meeting of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees focused on graduate and professional education, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new trustee. Distinguished alumnus F. Gilbert Bickel III (BSBA ’66), a senior vice president with Wells Fargo Advisors, was elected as a new Ethan A.H. Shepley Trustee.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: ‘Thoughts and prayers’ for San Bernardino highlight our deep differences

It’s a response made all too often by politicians in the wake of a mass shooting or violent act of terrorism: Keeping all in “thoughts and prayers.” This week, in the wake of the Dec. 2 shooting incident in San Bernardino, Calif., that sentiment seemed to reached a breaking point and shed light on the wide political and rhetorical chasm dividing the country, said John Inazu, JD, an expert on law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis.

Medicine & Health

Scientists receive $13.7 million to develop new multiple myeloma treatments

Researchers at the School of Medicine have been awarded $13.7 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create new therapies for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the immune system. Led by Samuel Achilefu, PhD, (pictured) and Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, at the newly created Center for Multiple Myeloma Nanotherapy, scientists will work to develop nanomaterials and drugs to treat the disease.

Medicine & Health

Unanue receives Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award

Emil R. Unanue, MD, an internationally renowned immunologist at the School of Medicine, has received a Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award for his invaluable contributions to the field of immunology. The annual awards honor scientists who have made outstanding contributions to biomedical research in fields that profoundly affect global health.

Campus & Community

Ceremony to recognize December graduates

More than 275 Washington University in St. Louis degree candidates — the largest group to date — are expected to attend the December Recognition Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus.

Fortner receives SNO Emerging Investigator Award

John Fortner, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the 2015 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Emerging Investigator Award.

Science & Technology

Physicist awarded $1.3 million for development of detectors for hard X-ray telescopes

Henric Krawczynski, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a $1.3 million NASA grant to develop semiconductor detectors and their readout electrons for the next generation of X-ray telescopes.

Mossotti, Ward-Brown win Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowships

Denise Ward-Brown, associate professor in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and poet Travis Mossotti, a grant analyst in the university’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, are among 10 recipients of the Regional Arts Commission’s 2015 Artist Fellowships.