The Record

AAAS names seven faculty as 2020 fellows

Seven Washington University faculty members are among 489 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

COVID-19 cases could nearly double by late January

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is likely to increase to 20 million by the end of January, nearly doubling the current level of 11.4 million cases, predicts a COVID-19 forecasting model developed at Olin Business School.

Three WashU scholars were Rhodes finalists

Two students and a recent alumnus were finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. They are: Christopher Taylor Brown (left), a Brown School student; Summer McKenna, a senior in Arts & Sciences; and Harsh Moolani, a 2019 Arts & Sciences graduate.

Scoliosis in African Americans focus of grant

Researchers at the School of Medicine have received a five-year $3.2 million grant to study the genetic basis of the musculoskeletal disorder scoliosis, and particularly how it affects African Americans and other underrepresented minorities.

Book puts Pilgrim, Puritan literature in context

A new book co-edited by Abram Van Engen in Arts & Sciences re-evaluates the historical context of Pilgrim and Puritan literature. The work offers a more nuanced picture than the one Americans recognize from school plays about the first Thanksgiving.