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Ssewamala installed as Gordon Distinguished Professor

Fred M. Ssewamala has been installed as the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor of Social Work in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. A ceremony was held Feb. 8 in Brown Hall to mark the occasion, followed by a reception in Goldfarb Hall.

Campus & Community

2018-19 parking permits available by end of June

Danforth Campus 2018-19 parking permits will be available for purchase by the end of June, the university announced. The new permits will be valid Aug. 1 through July 2019.

Science & Technology

WashUExpert: Organic molecules on Mars

The Curiosity Rover mission found signs of organic materials on Mars dating back about 3.5 billion years, NASA announced June 7. It could be a big deal, said Raymond Arvidson, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Early honored by Royal Vagabonds Foundation

Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, was among the honorees at the 2018 Royal Vagabonds Leadership Awards.

Medicine & Health

Scientists ID source of damaging inflammation after heart attack

Scientists from the School of Medicine have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack. The guilty party is a type of immune cell that tries to heal the injured heart but instead triggers inflammation that leads to even more damage.

‘Interrupting Racism’ training offered

The Campus Diversity Collaborative is holding an “Interrupting Racism” workshop from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 19 on the South 40. Space is limited, so those interested should apply to participate by Wednesday, June 13.

Stretch of Forest Park Parkway closed next week

A stretch of Forest Park Parkway, between Skinker and Big Bend boulevards, will be closed to through traffic beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, through June 18. Drivers still can access Hoyt and Throop drives.

Humanities & Society

Can a Twitter-based reporting tool improve foodborne illness tracking?

Foodborne illness is a serious and preventable public health problem, affecting one in six Americans and costing an estimated $50 billion annually. As local health departments adopt new tools that monitor Twitter for tweets about food poisoning, a study from Washington University in St. Louis is the first to examine practitioner perceptions of this technology.

Pedestrian access to east end of campus more limited

Pedestrians’ ability to get around the east end of the Danforth Campus became more limited after Commencement as crews’ work, including regrading and utility upgrades, expanded to the west of the construction site.

Science & Technology

New tools reveal prelude to chaos

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed tools that mathematically describe the kinetics in a system right before it dissolves into randomness.