Commencement to move to Francis Olympic Field

Two big changes are coming to Commencement. The annual ceremony is moving from Brookings Quadrangle to historic Francis Olympic Field. And it now will be followed by a celebration featuring lawn games, live entertainment and food from St. Louis eateries.

Early COVID-19 shutdowns helped region avoid deaths

A new analysis from the School of Medicine suggests that the St. Louis region avoided thousands of deaths and hospitalizations with early and coordinated public health measures as the COVID-19 pandemic was taking hold.

Antibody protects against broad range of variants

School of Medicine scientists have identified an antibody that is highly protective against a broad range of COVID-19 viral variants. The finding could be a step toward developing new therapies that are less likely to lose potency as the virus mutates.

Study: America’s first civilization sophisticated

New evidence discovered at Poverty Point in northern Louisiana by anthropologists in Arts & Sciences challenges previous beliefs about how pre-modern hunter-gatherers behaved.

Hydrogel accelerates diabetic wound healing

A new, drug-free technology developed in the lab of Jianjun Guan at the McKelvey School of Engineering helps speed up the healing process of diabetic wounds.

Research Wire

Sheretta Butler-Barnes at the Brown School has received a nearly $700,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled “Black Parents’ Racial Socialization Competencies and Youth Outcomes in Response to Racial Violence.”

Research Wire

Bo Zhang, at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $1.89 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a research project involving the human genome.

Announcements

Day of Dialogue & Action info sessions scheduled

Interested in helping the 2022 Day of Dialogue & Action come to life? Make plans to attend an upcoming virtual information session. The first is Thursday, Sept. 9.