Who Knew WashU?
Question: As St. Louis approaches the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornado, a WashU Public Exchange project is working to support our neighbors. What’s the group doing?
Answer: A) The project, CLEAN STL, is working to test soil and air in homes and parks for contamination from tornado debris. Learn more online.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Dena O’Brien, a staff member at Siteman Cancer Center in St. Peters, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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Rachel Penczykowski
Ecologist Rachel Penczykowski, in WashU Arts & Sciences, was drawn to science early on. Today, her lab studies plant diseases, parasite interactions and how we can respond as environmental forces change.
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A welcome instance of hope
Evidence from a small island in Indonesia points to the successful elimination of a parasitic worm that causes a devastating tropical disease.
