The Record

$6.3 million for center to develop new tracers for PET scans

Robert Gropler, MD, of the School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $6.3 million grant that will help establish the PET Radiotracer Translation and Resource Center at the university’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.

‘Facing Segregation’ focuses on housing policy solutions

Fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing and Civil Rights Acts, a new book brings together influential scholars, practitioners and policy analysts to reflect on how to use public policy to reduce segregation.

Trustees elect new board member, hear report from Wrighton

At the Board of Trustees meeting held Dec. 6 and 7, the board elected a new trustee, William B. Pollard III, and heard a report from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

University receives new grant to fund Amgen Scholars Program

Washington University received a new grant from the Amgen Foundation to provide hands-on laboratory experiences to undergraduate students. The Amgen Scholars Program is administered through the universitywide Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences.

WashU Expert on Wisconsin move to limit incoming governor’s power

Bills passed by Republican-controlled legislatures in Wisconsin and two years ago in North Carolina to limit the power of incoming Democratic governors may be the new normal, said constitutional law expert Greg Magarian.