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Campus & Community

Washington University announces 2017-18 Great Artists Series

Katia and Marielle Labèque are “the best piano duet in front of an audience today” (The New York Times). Susan Graham is “America’s favorite mezzo” (Gramaphone Magazine). The Calidore String Quartet boasts “understated but relentless intensity” (Los Angeles Times). For its 2017-18 Great Artist Series, Washington University in St. Louis will present three affordably priced concerts by some of today’s finest performers.
Medicine & Health

Antibiotic resistance circumvented in lab

As dangerous bacteria grow more savvy at evading antibiotics, researchers are seeking new ways to counterattack. Rather than design new drugs from scratch, some scientists are searching for ways to block the microbes’ evasive maneuvers. If resistance can be shut down, current drugs should remain effective. That concept is demonstrated in a new study from the School of Medicine.

Five doctoral candidates inducted as Bouchet fellows

2017 Bouchet Society inductees
Five doctoral candidates at Washington University in St. Louis were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education April 7-8 at Yale University.
Campus & Community

Hundreds celebrate Eliot Society milestone

John Biggs search award eliot society 2017
Eliot Society members gathered at their annual gala recently to celebrate 50 years of contributing time, talent and treasure to Washington University in St. Louis. This year’s recipient of the Search Award was John Biggs, an eminent economist, philanthropist and longtime trustee who has been instrumental in helping advance the institutional mission through a variety of roles and across several decades.
Campus & Community

Guo named Yangtze River Scholar

Shenyang Guo
Shenyang Guo, the Frank J. Bruno Distinguished Professor of Social Work Research at the Brown School and assistant vice chancellor for international affairs – Greater China, has been named a Yangtze River Scholar by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.