Month: October 2024

Leah Shaffer, a senior news director at WashU, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the National Association of Science Writers.

The American Cancer Society and venture capital firm Yosemite have selected five WashU faculty to receive the inaugural ACS-Yosemite research grants.

At a time when political polarization is becoming an increasing problem on social media, WashU data scientist Jean Springsteen is working on a way to bring down the temperature and still get buy-in from social media companies.

The U.S.’ D- grade for children and youth physical activity offers an opportunity to address the problem of insufficient physical activity, said Elizabeth Dodson, research assistant professor in the Brown School and a member of the Report Card Research Advisory Committee. 

WashU recently joined nine other universities to conduct the Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness survey, and results are now available.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

As part of WashU’s 10-year comprehensive evaluation, the Higher Learning Commission, the institutional accreditor, will host three open forums Oct. 28 and 29 to gather input from faculty, staff and students.

Benjamin Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at WashU Medicine, has been named an American Chemical Society fellow, one of 37 in this year’s class of fellows.

Peng Bai, a researcher at Washington University, has received a National Science Foundation grant to expand his work in sodium-based batteries.

Abram Van Engen, chair of the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, was recently installed as the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities.