University launches strategic planning process

With an aim to be bold, transformative and collaborative, Washington University has officially begun its strategic planning process to develop a roadmap that will guide the university’s future over the next decade.

Clinical trial to investigate rare disorder linked to COVID-19

Washington University pediatricians who treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are part of a major research effort to investigate how the novel coronavirus affects children and young adults, including its role in a rare but serious inflammatory syndrome.

Comparing pandemic spending in U.S. and Israel

The pandemic is exacerbating preexisting social and economic inequalities in the U.S. and abroad, finds a new study from the Social Policy Institute at Washington University.

Major NIH study looks at unusual forms of diabetes

School of Medicine researchers are part of a national research network aiming to discover rare forms of diabetes as a first step toward providing more effective treatments for forms of the disorder that don’t fit into type 1 or type 2.

Notables

Sachiko Amari, research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, received the H. C. Urey Award from the European Association of Geochemistry for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry.

Notables

Theodore “Teddy” Levy, a Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow and dual-degree candidate in architecture and urban design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named a 2021 Foundation Fellow by the National Organization of Minority Architects.