Study defines disparities in memory care

Members of minoritized racial or ethnic groups and people who live in less affluent neighborhoods are less likely than others to receive specialized care for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from the School of Medicine indicates.

A low-cost potential therapy for spinal cord injuries

Ismael Seáñez at the McKelvey School of Engineering is developing a new method to treat spinal cord injuries that uses a low-tech electrode array that effectively stimulates muscles in the legs in people with spinal cord injuries.

WashU Expert on Trump indictment, First Amendment

Former President Donald Trump was indicted this month over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He plans to fight the charges in part by claiming the prosecution would violate his right to free speech. Not so, says First Amendment expert Greg Magarian.

Notables

Kia Lilly Caldwell, vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity, has been elected president of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora. She began her four-year term as president Aug. 5.

Notables

Eileen G’Sell, a senior lecturer for the College Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, has won a 2023 Rabkin Prize for visual arts journalism.

Research Wire

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are helpful to programmers, but computer scientists at the McKelvey School of Engineering have shown that both open-source and commercial AI platforms frequently generate copyright-infringing content.

Linda Repa-Eschen, business director, 72

Linda Repa-Eschen, former business director for the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research in the School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, died June 5 at her home after waiting for a lung transplant. She was 72.