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How do others help us regulate emotions?

One woman offering support to another as they sit on steps outside

Research from the lab of Renee J. Thompson in Arts & Sciences investigates how we reach out to others to help regulate our emotions.

Academics

Get to know Sean Armstrong

Asquith S. “Sean” Armstrong joined Washington University in St. Louis as dean of University College on Nov. 1. In this video, he talks about his decision to come to WashU, his background and his commitment to University College and the success of adult learners.

Campus & Facilities

Flags lowered in memory of Sen. Bob Dole

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole until sunset Thursday, Dec. 9. Dole died Dec. 5 at age 98.

Business & Entrepreneurship

New NSIN program director named

The National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) appointed Mike Seper as the university program director at Washington University in St. Louis.

Awards & Notables

Covey, Milbrandt, Moran named to National Academy of Inventors

Headshots of Douglas F. Covey, Jeffrey Milbrandt, and Daniel Moran

Washington University in St. Louis faculty from the School of Medicine and the McKelvey School of Engineering have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction reserved solely for academic inventors.

Campus & Community

University announces plans for new Arts & Sciences building

Danforth Campus where new A&S building will go, west of Olin Library.

Washington University in St. Louis plans to construct a new state-of-the-art building for Arts & Sciences, the largest school on the Danforth Campus, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. The building and the surrounding landscape will create a new quad at the heart of campus, west of Olin Library and north of Graham Chapel.

Cancer Research

Antipsychotic drugs may increase risk of breast cancer

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that many commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications are associated with a significant increase in risk of breast cancer.

Law

Is privacy dead?

In a new book, “Why Privacy Matters,” one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law and co-director of the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law, argues privacy is not dead, but up for grabs.

Awards & Notables

Raji to research imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease

Cyrus A. Raji, assistant professor of radiology and of neurology at the School of Medicine, received a one-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Humanities & Society

A new home for humanists

In the first graduate studiolab, “Freedom | Information | Acts,” students are comparing interviews filmed for the iconic civil rights chronicle Eyes on the Prize to roughly contemporaneous interviews. In doing so, they’re thinking through how we tell the civil rights story — and how that might impact our understanding of the current political moment.

The Lewis Collaborative — a reinvention of a century-old U. City landmark — and a new “studiolab” model are reshaping humanities education at WashU.