Transformative student fundraising initiative launches

The university has announced a transformative fundraising initiative that aims not only to increase financial resources for students at every level of need, but also to provide a “best-in-class” experience for all students to learn, develop and flourish.

Americans harmed by COVID likely to push for equality

New Olin Business School research suggests those touched by the sometimes devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are now more likely to recognize sources of inequality and, in turn, advocate for greater equality in the United States.

Medical Public Affairs has new name and structure

WashU Medicine Marketing & Communications is the new name of the Office of Medical Public Affairs at the School of Medicine. The office also is being restructured, with a sharper focus on supporting strategic schoolwide initiatives.

Biologist applies epigenetics to medicine, agriculture uses

Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences studies epigenetics — how genes are turned “on” or “off” — and environmental adaptation in plants. A new project, funded by a $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, aims to enable new applications for medicine and human health.

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Catherine Lang, a professor at the School of Medicine, has received a MERIT award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It supports her work using wearable motion sensors in stroke rehabilitation.

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An award from Wellcome Leap will support a study by the McKelvey School of Engineering’s Michelle Oyen of fetal growth restriction during gestational development. The program aims to reduce stillbirth rates by half.

Notables

The Foreign Language Association of Missouri’s 2022 conference, “Embracing Our Diversity Through Languages,” will take place today and Saturday, Oct. 8, on the Danforth Campus. Iva Youkilis, in Arts & Sciences, led the organizing committee.