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Susan Shannon, staff member in Arts & Sciences, 60

Susan Shannon, an accounting and payroll assistant in the Office of Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences, died of cancer March 16, 2023, at her home. She was 60.

Students

WashU Club Gymnastics vaults to the top

Having its most successful year ever, WashU Club Gymnastics boasts 50 members — 30 competitive members who are currently training for the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs National meet this month in Memphis, Tenn., and another 20 recreational members who attend practices on a drop-in basis. Athletes represent a range of ages and experience levels.

Students

Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week events scheduled

The Graduate Center of the Office of the Provost is hosting a series of events through April 12 in celebration of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, an annual event sponsored by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.

Psychology

Study: Older adults were better equipped to deal with pandemic-related distress

Image of worried mom comforting depressed crying teen daughter at home.

A new study from psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences finds that one’s ability to cope with stressors, such as the pandemic, hinges heavily on individual personality and emotional characteristics that change with age.

Performing Arts

‘No Boundaries’ MFA dance concert in Edison Theatre

Choreographers Kendra Key and Erin Morris will debut new work in Edison Theatre March 25 as part of “No Boundaries,” the 2022 MFA Student Dance Concert, presented by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Medicine

Multiple substance use disorders may share inherited genetic signature

New research led by Washington University researchers identifies a common genetic signature that may increase a person’s risk of developing substance use disorders. The work eventually could lead to universal therapies to treat multiple substance use disorders and potentially help people diagnosed with more than one.

Neuroscience & Memory

Zhao studies changes in glia linked to neurodegenerative diseases

New research from the School of Medicine’s Guoyan Zhao and colleagues provides guidance for future study to understand the role of glia in disease pathogenesis using mouse models. The work is published in Nature Aging.

Public Health

Brown School students receive CEESP fellowships from CUNY School of Medicine

Two Brown School students have been awarded the prestigious Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations fellowship from the City University of New York School of Medicine.

Sustainability

Doing the math on a solar-powered future

Physicist Anders Carlsson in Arts & Sciences used 40 years of data from the St. Louis region to figure out the ideal mix of solar generation and storage for a reliable power grid.

Architecture

Architect Francis Kéré to speak April 1

Internationally acclaimed architect Francis Kéré, winner of the 2022 Pritzker Prize, will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts April 1. The first African architect to win the Pritzker, Kéré is known for inventive civic projects, particularly schools, that employ local labor and indigenous materials.