AAAS names eight WashU faculty as 2021 fellows

Eight faculty members at Washington University are among 564 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Leonard Green, Elizabeth S. Haswell, Sophia E. Hayes, Erik Herzog, Mark A. McDaniel, Jay W. Ponder, Crickette Sanz and Pamela K. Woodard.

WashU part of $65M NIH schizophrenia study in young

The School of Medicine is part of a major international study aimed at identifying causes and effects of the early stages of schizophrenia in young people, with the goal of improving early diagnosis and treatment. Daniel Mamah, MD, is lead investigator at the WashU site.

How trees are migrating due to climate change

A new study co-authored by biologist Jonathan Myers in Arts & Sciences provides key insights into how and why tree populations migrate in response to climate change. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

T cell boost improves cancer survival in mice

A new study from the School of Medicine shows that treatment with an immune-boosting protein, in combination with radiation, improves survival in mice with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

Research Wire

Austin Moyle, a chemistry graduate student working with Michael Gross in Arts & Sciences, won a Next Generation Investigator Award from the California Separation Science Society.

Notables

Sabin Nettles, a graduate student at the School of Medicine, received the Pre/Postdoctoral Next Generation Award from the Society for Neuroscience in recognition of her work introducing neuroscience to young students through the Brain Discovery initiative.

Notables

Jeffrey Zacks, a professor in Arts & Sciences and the School of Medicine, will explain how and why television and movies can have such strong effects on our brains in a Mirowitz Center online program Feb. 2.

Announcements

Student Commencement speaker sought

Undergraduate members of the Class of 2022 are invited to apply to be the student speaker at the universitywide Commencement ceremony May 20. Applications are due Feb. 7.

Carter Revard, of Arts & Sciences, 90

Carter Revard, professor emeritus of English in Arts & Sciences, acclaimed poet and medieval scholar, died Jan. 3 at his home in University City, Mo. He was 90.