Friday, April 3, 2020

Top Stories

New fund to help students, employees during COVID-19

Washington University has created the WashU Crisis Response Fund to provide support to students and employees facing financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a response to alumni, parents and friends who asked how they could help.

WashU Expert: Grieving in the time of a pandemic

At a time when the world is focused on a global health pandemic, Brian Carpenter in Arts & Sciences says it may be difficult to grieve for and memorialize an individual. But we must.

Immune cells play surprising role in heart, study suggests

New School of Medicine research in mice suggests that certain immune cells may help guide fetal development of the heart and play a role in how the adult heart beats.

Analysis shows GM cotton no match for Indian insects

Genetically modified Bt cotton doesn’t provide increased yields and reduced pesticides as supporters claimed, according to the first long-term study of Bt cotton impacts in India. The analysis is co-authored by Glenn Davis Stone of Arts & Sciences.

Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance

Faced with fences, walls and pavement, lizards that moved into cities in Puerto Rico rapidly and repeatedly evolved better tolerance for heat than their forest counterparts, according to new research from Arts & Sciences and the University of California, Los Angeles.

You’re invited to share your story

During this pandemic, we invite you — students, faculty, staff, medical professionals, alumni and friends — to share personal stories of the many WashU people saving lives, keeping us connected or simply making us smile. Share text, photos and video of what it means to be #WashUTogether.

Social Photo of the Week

Tim Bono on how to stay positive during difficult times

WashU in the News

A coronavirus vaccine in 18 months? Experts urge reality check

Bloomberg News

Strikes at Instacart and Amazon over coronavirus health concerns

The New York Times

Doctor warns of a ‘brief window of opportunity that is rapidly closing’ to slow COVID-19 in Missouri

KSDK-TV

Donkeys were used for polo in ancient China, study finds

CBC Radio

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Campus Voices

Endowment 101: socially responsible investing

In the third installment of “Endowment 101,” Chancellor Andrew D. Martin explains what socially and ethically responsible investing means and how the Washington University Investment Management Company practices it, operating “under an ‘engagement model’ rather than a ‘restrictive’ one.”

Notables

Xuan “Silvia” Zhang, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use a five-year $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to make information processing more efficient.

The university’s Social Policy Institute and McDonnell International Scholars Academy announced their first round of seed grants to fund international policy-focused research proposals.

The Record