Public safety group’s proposals to be adopted

Washington University leaders have announced details of the plan to adopt recommendations made in a recent Public Safety Committee report. Most elements of the university’s response will begin to be implemented in coming months, in time for the fall semester’s start.

Stroke-recovery device gets FDA authorization

A first-of-its kind device that helps people disabled by stroke regain significant control over their arm and hand function by using their minds has received market authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The system developed by Neurolutions Inc., a WashU startup, relied on innovative multidisciplinary research.

Inside the Lewis Collaborative

The charge was ambitious. Conditions were complicated. The results have been transformative. Here’s how the Lewis Collaborative reinvented a century-old University City landmark.

Elson elected to National Academy of Sciences

Elliot L. Elson, professor emeritus in biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors awarded to a U.S. scientist.

Notables

Kimberly Parker, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received an award for promising young geochemists from the International Association of GeoChemistry.

Notables

A Department of Biology team in Arts & Sciences recently won a $50,000 Driving Change Learning Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The grant aims, in part, to support institutional culture change with respect to diversity, equity and inclusion.