Month: August 2024

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recently presented the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformative Leadership Award to Richard Wahl, MD, a professor of radiology and of radiation oncology at WashU Medicine.

Jennifer M. Heemstra, the Charles Allen Thomas Professor of Chemistry and chair of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at WashU, delivered a keynote address at the American Chemistry Society fall meeting in Denver.

WashU Medicine experts in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) find that MS patients are less likely to have amyloid plaques than adults without MS.

Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named the school’s inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice.

In an effort to better serve the WashU community, the Washington University Police Department is sending text message surveys after some service calls. The surveys are short and voluntary, said WUPD chief Angela Coonce.

Biologists in Arts & Sciences have found new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes.

Cal J. Halvorsen, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been elected vice chair of the Gerontological Society of America’s Social Research, Policy and Practice section.

The Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building at WashU Medicine has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Suresh Vedantham, MD, a professor of radiology and of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2024 Leader in Innovation Award by the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation.

A collaboration of universities and industry, led by the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, is embarking on a bold plan to transform manufacturing toward zero or negative emissions by converting carbon dioxide into environmentally friendly chemicals and products that create a circular economy.