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Washington University joins national initiative to attract talented, low-income students to top schools

Washington University is among 30 of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities to join forces in a new initiative to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students who attend America’s top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.

Programming team headed to world competition

Three Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates will represent the university at the World Finals of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest in South Dakota next May.

Wright elected to post with American Orthopaedic Association

Rick W. Wright, MD, the Jerome J. Gilden Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been chosen as second president-elect by members of the American Orthopaedic Association.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 12.12.16

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Flags lowered in honor of astronaut John Glenn

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in honor of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn died Dec. 8 at age 95.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Cures Act a good start, but is it immediate enough?

The 21st Century Cures Act, sweeping mental health legislation passed this week by the U.S. Senate, will provide necessary funding to help those with mental illnesses if signed by President Obama, but should focus more on mental health outcomes of those suffering right now, says a mental health expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

Medicine & Health

Surgery can restore vision in patients with brain injuries

Surgery can restore vision in patients who have suffered hemorrhaging in the eye after a traumatic brain injury, even if the operation doesn’t occur until several months after the injury, according to a small study from vision researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Bear Necessities holds annual holiday sale

Bear Necessities will hold its annual holiday sale Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 13 and 14, offering 20 percent off of in-store purchases.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Economic stress key in climbing U.S. death rate

Greater stress and anxiety resulting from economic insecurity may be at least partly to blame for the U.S. death rate that the government announced Dec. 8 has increased for the first time in a decade, says an expert on poverty and inequality at Washington University in St. Louis.

Monk receives Weaver award for neuroscience research

Kelly R. Monk, associate professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.