Month: August 2022

Media are invited to cover the arrival of the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2026 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. Some 1,800 students from 48 states and 27 countries will be moving in to residence halls on the South 40 and participating in Bear Beginnings orientation.

Timothy Holy, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine, has received $2.1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fill in the gaps in knowledge about pheromone signaling.

Scott VanBommel, a senior scientist in earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, received $284,827 in funding from NASA.

The American Psychological Foundation has awarded its Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Prize to Deanna Barch, professor in Arts & Sciences and at the School of Medicine.

A new landscape report conducted by Jake Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences, examines the decline in worker power over the last several decades and outlines policy recommendations to rebalance the economic playing field for workers.

Washington University in St. Louis has hit a major milestone in its quest to enroll more students with limited resources: 20% of the incoming Class of 2026 is Pell Grant-eligible. In addition, 15% of incoming students will be the first in their families to attend college, and 51% identify as students of color.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Economist Andrew Jordan in Arts & Sciences uses data analytics to uncover potential bias in the criminal justice system by studying the decisions made by courts, police and prosecutors.

John Horn, an economics expert at Olin Business School, explains the math of inflation and why focusing on the annual rate of change, rather than month-to-month inflation changes, makes an already bad situation look worse.

Peng Bai at the McKelvey School of Engineering has received a $355,630 grant from the National Science Foundation to study safer batteries.