Year: 2023

Roger Michaelides, an assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, is co-investigator of a new NOAA-funded project that aims to improve the warning systems for flash floods that often threaten areas recently denuded by fire.

Neal Patwari and graduate students Francesca Bonetta-Misteli and Di Huang at the McKelvey School of Engineering found that even while pulse oximeters have been adjusted to account for darker skin tones, bias remains and must be fixed.

St. Louis is known for the Arch, the Cardinals and, of course, Ted Drewes. But there’s much more to see and do in the Gateway City. Here, students and faculty at Washington University in St. Louis share some of their favorite summertime St. Louis attractions and activities.

Jennifer Stedelin has been named the university’s first associate vice chancellor for administrative and academic technologies, announced Jessie Minton, chief information officer and vice chancellor for information technology.

Microbiome pioneer Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, at the School of Medicine, has won the 2023 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

Emily Page, senior manager of wellness and benefits projects in the Office of Human Resources, received the Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award, now a universitywide award and the highest staff honor at the university.

When thinking about the economy, and inflation in particular, Olin Business School economics expert John Horn said it’s important to focus on larger-picture trends rather than specific details like the prices of commercial real estate, used cars or eggs. Overall, inflation is not running away, he said — it’s gliding back to the path we’d like to see of around 2%.

Shantay N. Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named executive vice president for administration and finance and chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

Parking and Transportation Services reminds the WashU community about Danforth Campus parking permit availability and Metro U-Pass registration, and provides an update on summer construction work.

Ting Wang, a national leader in genetics and genomics who has led groundbreaking studies in how the genome is regulated, has been named head of the Department of Genetics at the School of Medicine. A computational biologist, he will begin his new role Aug. 1.