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Newborn screening test developed for rare, deadly neurological disorder

The foot of a newborn baby undergoing a test.

A study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes a newborn screening test that identifies infants with Niemann-Pick type C, an often fatal condition in which cholesterol builds up and eventually destroys brain cells. Early detection may save lives and improve prospects for managing the disease.

Medicine & Health

Pre-med students gain an international perspective

Global Med Prep Scholars at the Great Wall of China

When pre-med students head to China to attend classes at Fudan University and shadow doctors at different medical clinics, they gain a new perspective on medicine.

Who Knew WashU? 5.4.16

Which university building, whose cornerstone was laid in May 1901, is named after a businessman who helped open a preparatory school for the university?

Campus & Community

Washington People: Lori White

Lori White, vice chancellor for student affairs and the newly installed board chair of NASPA, speaks frankly about the challenges facing today’s universities, her goals to improve access and the graduate-student experience at Washington University, and what it will be like to work with her husband, incoming associate provost Anthony Tillman.

‘Eyes on the Prize’ rebroadcast this weekend

The “Eyes on the Prize” series on the civil rights movement will be rebroadcast by the Nine Network this weekend. A follow-up documentary features previously unaired materials from University Libraries’ Henry Hampton Collection and airs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6.

Anthropology students land digital publishing fellowships

Kosi Onyeneho and Natalia Guzman Solano, both graduate students in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, have been selected as digital editorial fellows for the Political and Legal Anthropology Review.

Fair Saint Louis to use some campus parking again

Fair Saint Louis will held in Forest Park July 2-4 for the third year in a row. In the spirit of community partnership, and given the proximity of the park to campus, Washington University has once again agreed to sponsor Fair Saint Louis by providing access to several campus parking areas during the fair, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 1.

Arts & Culture

Green rehab: Making century-old brick buildings sustainable

An ongoing experiment — an “architectural twin study” — conducted by students, faculty and staff at Washington University on two 100-year-old St. Louis brick buildings produced some remarkable results.

Business & Entrepreneurship

American Medical Association to collaborate with IDEA Labs

IDEA Labs, a student-run bioengineering and design incubator started at Washington University in St. Louis, will expand its national reach through a partnership with the American Medical Association. The collaboration is aimed at supporting cutting-edge medical technology development from the next generation of young entrepreneurs.

Gehlert named to California breast cancer post

Sarah Gehlert, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the Brown School, has been named to the steering committee of the California Breast Cancer Research Program.