Month: June 2023

Psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created the Social Media Use Scale, which groups social media use into four broad categories and offers insights about personality and behavior traits.

With a $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, Matthew Lew at the McKelvey School of Engineering will develop smart microscopes to reveal dynamic interactions between individual biomolecules.

Adia Harvey Wingfield, in Arts & Sciences, has been elected the 116th president of the American Sociological Association. As president, she will be responsible for leading ASA’s overall strategic direction and policymaking.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Starting at 10 a.m. June 7, Danforth Campus employees can register for a U-Pass as well as purchase a 2023-24 Danforth Campus parking permit. WashU School of Medicine employees also can register for a U-Pass or Danforth Campus reciprocal parking permit.

Several humanities faculty members received individual research grants this spring from the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kidneys from organ donors who were diagnosed with COVID-19 are safe to transplant and don’t transmit the virus to people who receive those organs, according to a new study led by researchers at the School of Medicine.

Young-Shin Jun, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, co-authored a review paper in Chemical Reviews that celebrates scientific advances in the field of interfacial reactions, which happen at the boundary where materials in different phases meet.

At the Board of Trustees meeting May 5, numerous faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure.

The McKelvey School of Engineering recently honored alumni and friends for their service to the school, thought leadership, business acumen and impact.