University adopts need-blind admissions policy

Washington University will make an unprecedented $1 billion investment in financial aid for students, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. This funding allows the university to achieve its goal of adopting a need-blind undergraduate admissions policy.

‘Fight or flight’ – unless internal clocks are disrupted

Neuroscientists led by Erik Herzog in Arts & Sciences discovered that the daily release of hormones depends on the coordinated activity of clocks in two parts of the brain, a finding that could have implications for human diseases.

Treatment options for never-smokers’ lung cancer

A new School of Medicine study estimates that 78% to 92% of lung cancers in patients who have never smoked can be treated with precision drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration to target specific mutations in a patient’s tumor.

Researchers study fire, biodiversity in the Ozarks

Researchers led by biologist Jonathan Myers in Arts & Sciences are conducting controlled burns at Tyson Research Center to study the impact of fire on the surrounding landscape.

Research Wire

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded $4.3 million to renew the Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research, led by the Brown School’s Debra Haire-Joshu.

Notables

Robert Schmidt, MD, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, has received the Meritorious Contributions to Neuropathology Award from the American Association of Neuropathologists.

Notables

The Danforth Staff Council has added 10 new members and elected its executive officers for the academic year. The council’s virtual fall town hall will be Oct. 12.

Announcements

Faculty, staff invited to join Veteran Ally Program

The Office of Military and Veteran Services is inviting faculty and staff to participate in its Veteran Ally Program. Sessions are scheduled Oct. 7 and 14.