The Record

Chancellor offers update on fall semester plan

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin provides an update to the university community about plans for the fall semester. The academic calendar is being adjusted to return students, faculty and staff to campus in phases. People’s health and safety will come first, he said.

$13.7 million to further adolescent brain study

Washington University scientists will receive $13.7 million in additional funding for ongoing research into adolescent brain development. Their work is part of the largest long-term study of brain development ever conducted in the United States.

Institute helps local students in the era of COVID-19

The university’s Institute for School Partnership has launched new programs and partnerships. Efforts include a new COVID-19 curriculum for middle school students and distributing materials for at-home STEM projects.

Lack of activity during COVID-19 may fuel obesity

The childhood obesity rate in the United States may increase by 2.4% if school closures continue into December, finds a new study from the Brown School.

Podcast explores global study to test chloroquine

On the School of Medicine’s podcast, Michael Avidan discusses an international trial in which researchers want to learn whether low doses of chloroquine can prevent health-care workers from getting COVID-19 or lessen its symptoms.