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Banner days for women in Olin’s MBA

Schoolwide efforts are among the threads weaved into the fabric of an Olin Business School MBA program ranked No. 4 in the world for women, according to a Financial Times analysis — placing it behind only Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley among U.S. universities, and China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong, but just ahead of Harvard.

Furlong, Green appointed associate university librarians

John Furlong and Harriet Green will join the staff of Washington University Libraries as associate university librarians. Furlong’s appointment begins Aug. 1; Green’s takes effect Sept. 1.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 7.20.18

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Chancellor’s update re: July 7 incident

Chancellor Wrighton shares a message with the university community about the City of Clayton’s commitment to change after an incident involving incoming first-year African-American students and Clayton police. “These students came to Washington University to change the world, and they already have.”

Campus & Community

Gephardt Institute receives gift to enhance Civic Scholars Program

Mickey and Debbie Stern, longtime supporters of Washington University in St. Louis, have made a $1 million commitment to the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement. The gift will support the Civic Scholars Program, a key Gephardt initiative that prepares undergraduate students to be civic leaders.

Interdisciplinary research project funding available

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research seeks proposals for seed grant and planning grant funding for interdisciplinary research projects. Those pursuing seed grants should express interest by Oct. 12.

Medicine & Health

Analysis of prostate tumors reveals clues to cancer’s aggressiveness

Researchers from the School of Medicine and other institutions have sequenced the whole genomes of more than 100 metastatic prostate tumors, revealing new information about what drives the aggressive forms of this cancer.

Wahl receives nuclear medicine award

Richard L. Wahl, MD, at the School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2018 Georg Charles de Hevesy Award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Medicine & Health

Lowering hospitals’ Medicare costs proves difficult

A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs as intended, according to a new study led by the School of Medicine.

Medicine & Health

Perfectionism in young children may indicate OCD risk

Studying young children, researchers at the School of Medicine found that kids who possess tendencies toward perfectionism and excessive self-control are twice as likely as other children to develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by the time they reach their teens.