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Medicine & Health

Wright named Jones Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery

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Federal funding cut leads to layoffs at WUSTL’s Genome Institute

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Business & Entrepreneurship

Washington People: Chakravarthi Narasimhan

It’s not easy being a Chicago Cubs fan. Just ask Chakravarthi Narasimhan, PhD, the Philip L. Siteman Professor of Marketing at Olin Business School. Though Narasimhan’s sports life may have more downs than ups, his professional life has been a grand slam. “Chak is a key member of the school’s senior faculty and has built an outstanding marketing group here at Olin,” says colleague Todd Milbourn, PhD.