The Record: Friday, Oct. 6, 2023

Friday, Oct. 6, 2023

Top stories

WashU students contribute to biomanufacturing in space

WashU engineers recently visited Kennedy Space Center to report research progress and to understand testing capabilities for alternative feedstocks in biomanufacturing in space conditions.

Holehouse recognized by NIH for innovative research

Alex Holehouse, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, will receive the New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Holehouse is being recognized for his work on intrinsically disordered protein regions.

New St. Louis Impact Fund to support student-community projects

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement invites WashU undergraduate and graduate students to apply for grants from the St. Louis Impact Fund, a new program that aims to connect students to community partners across the St. Louis.

Events

OCT

‘Building Capacity in Implementation Science’

9–10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9

OCT

Global Health Work In Progress meeting

Noon Monday, Oct. 9

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Social Post of the Week

In honor of #MeanGirlsDay

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WashU in the News

Seniors, here are the meds that can harm your driving skills

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT/HEALTHDAY

The intersection between innovation and sustainability

FORBES

Giving her recognition she deserves: Dianne Feinstein funeral eclipsed by Washington chaos

USA Today

The future of Fields Foods is in question. What went wrong for the grocer?

St. Louis Public Radio

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Campus and community news

Notables

Michelle M. Miller-Thomas, MD (left), and Monica Shokeen, associate professors of radiology, have been appointed to two new vice chair positions for the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the School of Medicine.

Research Wire

A team led by scientists and engineers, including researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering, has created a unique, record-setting material that can bend one infrared ray of light in two directions.

Announcements

Applications for postdoc mentor program open

A WashU mentorship program that supports postdoctoral researchers is seeking new members. The application deadline is Thursday, Oct. 12.

Perspectives

‘Io is a volcanic hellscape of fire and ice’

Physicist Ryan Ogliore, in Arts & Sciences, explains what we know about Io, a moon of Jupiter, and what more we could learn by bringing a sample of Io back to Earth.

Slate