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DiPersio honored with E. Donnall Thomas lectureship

John DiPersio (right) with Armin Ghobadi

John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, delivered the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture in San Antonio at the Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

Students

Student-run KWUR amplifies diverse music, student sounds

KWUR, Washington University in St. Louis’ student-run radio station, offers its 75 student DJs an opportunity to share their passions and its listeners a chance to discover something new. The station will host KWUR Week, its annual concert series, March 25-29.

History & Education

WashU hosts regional classics conference

The Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences will host the 120th annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the largest regional association for professional classicists.

Politics

Preventing another ‘Jan. 6’ starts by changing how elections are certified, experts say

In a new paper published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Daniel M. Butler, in Arts & Sciences, argues that elections should be certified by nonpartisan commissions, rather than elected officials, to insulate the process from partisan influence.

Neuroscience & Memory

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds pilot projects in neurodegeneration, neuroscience

Two innovative pilot projects led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to address critical challenges in the fields of neurodegeneration and neuroscience.

Disparity

‘Modern-day redlining’: Research investigates Wall Street-backed rental market

Corporate investors “buy low and rent high” to populations who can least afford it. A two-year national study, led by Carol Camp Yeakey in Arts & Sciences, will examine the impact that corporate investors have on renters, especially marginalized communities of color, in St. Louis, Cincinnati and Atlanta.

Mental Health

Happiness may protect against dementia

A sense of well-being can have a profound impact on health, especially for the aging brain. Higher levels of well-being have been robustly associated with a lower risk for future dementia, according to WashU psychology researchers who contributed to this year’s World Happiness Report.

Performing Arts

MFA dance concert March 22 and 23

New works by choreographers Carol Bertho, Emily Ehling and the late Amarnath Ghosh, who died Feb. 27, will debut in Edison Theatre March 22 and 23 as part of this year’s MFA Student Dance Concert, presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Sustainability

Transforming wood waste for sustainable manufacturing

Marcus Foston looks over the shoulder of a student using equipment in a lab.

Marcus Foston, an associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, is exploring how to add value to lignin, a type of polymer found in wood.

Campus & Facilities

Public university directory being phased out

Washington University in St. Louis’ online directory is being phased out, a move designed to protect community members’ privacy and security.