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News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
Straight from The Source
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COVID-19’s outsized effect on developmentally disabled
As students of all ages start a new school year, a segment of the population in desperate need of in-person supports often is overlooked in decision-making, warns a group of experts led by John N. Constantino, MD, at the School of Medicine.
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Some may have mistimed optimal virus mitigation
A recent study from the Brown School provides the first explicit analysis of the timing, determinants and impacts of mitigation interventions for all states and Washington, D.C., during the pandemic’s first weeks.
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Cochlear implants should be recommended more often
A committee of hearing experts has released a new set of recommendations emphasizing that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate to severe or worse hearing loss much more often than is current practice.
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University partners with Indian Institute of Science
Washington University remains committed to strengthening global ties despite COVID-19. Last week, the university adopted a new partnership with the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India, a premier research university.
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Campus Announcements
The Healthcare Innovation Lab and the School of Medicine’s Institute for Informatics are holding a Big Ideas competition aimed at innovations in informatics and health-care delivery focused on COVID-19. The deadline is Sept. 30.
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#WashUpets is back
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Chancellor Andrew D. Martin writes on his blog about the process by which administrative leaders decide when the university will — or won’t — offer comments on matters of public policy. He said decisions are based on the mission of education, research and patient care as well as the WashU community’s interests.
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 Saher Alam, an adjunct instructor in creative writing at University College, has received the Marion Horstmann Online Teaching Innovation Grant. The grant funds the development of outstanding online teaching and learning strategies.
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 Jonathan Barnes in Arts & Sciences was selected as one of 15 Young Investigators by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering. The selection recognizes Barnes’ excellence in polymer research and marks him as an emerging leader in the field.
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Research Wire
Katharine Flores, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a three-year $379,392 grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence-based algorithms to identify which metal alloys are best to form metallic glasses.
Read more from the Research Wire →
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