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After the Ferguson Commission: What’s next for Washington University?

The Washington University in St. Louis community is invited to a forum on Friday, Oct. 23, to hear recommendations from the Ferguson Commission and to learn about the university’s opportunities to contribute toward the commission’s calls to action.

Medicine & Health

Premature birth appears to weaken brain connections

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, according to new School of Medicine research led by Cynthia Rogers, MD.

Campus & Community

Art on Campus: Ann Hamilton

Artist Ann Hamilton discusses “O N E E V E R Y O N E · St. Louis,” a public art installation created for the Brown School’s Hillman Hall and the latest installment in Art on Campus, WashU’s percent-for-art program.

Gronowski presents on women’s and infants’ health

Ann M. Gronowski, PhD, a professor of pathology and immunology and of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, presented a poster on the Women and Infants Health Specimen Consortium at this year’s American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting.

Three appointed to Missouri Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Fairness Commission

Three people from Washington University in St. Louis have been appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court’s newly formed Racial and Ethnic Fairness Commission. They are: Kimberly Norwood, JD; Geetha Sant, JD; and Karen Tokarz, JD.

Applied Particle Technology honored by Midwest Cleantech Open

Applied Particle Technology, a startup founded at Washington University, won the Breakthrough Technology Award at the Midwest Cleantech Open.

Medicine & Health

The brain’s wiring is linked to good – and bad – behavioral traits

The way our brains are wired may reveal a lot about us, according to new research co-authored by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis. For example, people with “positive” behavioral traits, such as sharp memories, many years of education and robust physical endurance, have stronger neural connections between certain brain regions than people with “negative” traits, such as smoking, aggressive behavior and a family history of alcohol abuse.

Campus & Community

The real cost of gun violence

As part of Washington University’s ongoing efforts to understand the public health implications of gun violence, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips visited the university to meet with students, faculty, administrators and community leaders. The Phillipses shared the personal tragedy of losing their daughter, Jessica, in the 2012 mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

Green named to U.S. Health & Human Services advisory committee

Jonathan M. Green, MD, associate dean for human studies and executive chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Washington University, has been appointed to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. He will serve a three-year term.

Wright to deliver 2015 Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture

John A. Wright, PhD, author and historian, will speak at the 20th annual Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture Series at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on Oct. 23. The title of his talk is “Homer G. Phillips and the Ville: Celebrating the Legacy.”