The assortment at many neighborhood supermarkets has been dwindling. The cause is not a lack of supply, but rather a lack of demand created by a widening income gap in the U.S., according to a study involving Olin Business School’s Raphael Thomadsen.
Using quantum tunneling, the lab of Shantanu Chakrabartty at the McKelvey School of Engineering has developed self-powered sensors that can run for more than a year.
In the latest episode of the School of Medicine’s “Show Me the Science” podcast, hear about how to try to stay safe during the fast-approaching holiday season as COVID-19 cases spike around the country.
Jack Kirkland has been a member of the Brown School faculty for 50 years. And the issues that motivated his career in social work and civil rights remain as urgent as when he began teaching. Kirkland said he seeks to create change through understanding.
Karen Seibert, a deeply respected leader in pharmacology at the School of Medicine, died Nov. 9 at her home in Chesterfield, Mo., after a battle with a cancer. She was 61. Seibert wore many hats in her long, successful career, including as founding executive director of the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.
Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, writes about the work we Americans still have to do in the wake of the presidential election. “While America is not unique in its sins as a country, we are unique in our refusal to acknowledge them.”
Barry A. Siegel, MD, professor of radiology and of medicine at the School of Medicine, has received the Gold Medal Award from the American College of Radiology for his more than 40 years of leadership in the nuclear medicine community.
Question: WashU 1992 alum Col. Robert Behnken is a NASA astronaut who most recently served as joint operations commander on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission. How many spacewalks has Behnken completed? A) 2 B) 5 C) 7 D) 10
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