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Humanities & Society

Reducing the burden of diabetes

Ross Brownson
Ross Brownson, the Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School and director of the Prevention Research Center, has received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find ways of reducing the burden of diabetes by increasing adoption of proven programs and policies among local health practitioners.

Who Knew WashU? 8.2.16

Question: Which event took place during the 1904 Olympic Games — for which the university and Francis Field served as a major venue — that is no longer an Olympic sport?

Memorial service set for Jessie Ternberg

A memorial service for Jessie L. Ternberg, PhD, MD, professor emerita at the School of Medicine, will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Ternberg, 92, died July 9.

Schmidt’s book named one of fall’s ‘most anticipated’

“Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation,” the most recent book by Leigh Eric Schmidt, the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities, has been named by Publishers Weekly to its list of most anticipated books of fall 2016.

Medicine’s Lim receives early-career development award

Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD, a researcher and medical oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center, has received a 2016 Career Development Award from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research. Each year, the organizations jointly recognize early-career pancreatic cancer researchers.
Campus & Community

Timeless advice for parents of new college students

Now in its sixth edition, Karen Levin Coburn’s “Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years” gives parents an insider’s look at campus life and helps them navigate the complex emotions both they and their child will experience during the transition to college.
Campus & Community

Choose your own adventure

More than 70 undergraduate engineering students chose their own adventures via three summer mentor and fellowship programs offered by the School of Engineering & Applied Science. The programs ensured a summer of study and enrichment for budding engineers.

University, Capital Normal start scholarly program

Washington University in St. Louis and Capital Normal University (CNU) in Beijing have established a research cooperation program that aims to enhance and make more broadly available knowledge about the history, society and culture of China.