The Record

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

Top stories

Dedicated home for Arts & Sciences to break ground in spring

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the first dedicated home for Arts & Sciences took place Oct. 8. The building will house some of the school’s premier departments and serve as a cornerstone for cross-campus partnerships.


Prestigious NIH Director’s awards go to three WashU faculty

Three WashU researchers have received highly competitive and prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s awards totaling $10 million over five years.


Underwater caves yield new clues about Sicily’s first residents

Archaeological surveys led by researchers in Arts & Sciences suggest coastal and underwater sites in southern Sicily contain important clues that could reveal how modern human ancestors migrated to the island.


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Events




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WashU alum and author Max Bennett on the intersection of neuroscience and AI

WashU in the News

A surprising device is capturing the vibe of a single street corner in San Francisco


National Public Radio


Why do cats ‘chatter’?


live science


Exhibit Columbus announces 2024–2025 Miller Prize recipients


Architectural Record


How is St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income pilot program going?


KSDK-TV


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Campus and community news

Notables

Will Ross, MD, associate dean for diversity and the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has received the 2024 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.


Notables

A top educational Spanish language podcast for kids recently featured Allison Martinez Mejia, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at the McKelvey School of Engineering, discussing how neurons work.


Announcements

Danforth Task Force on Climate and Culture releases report

A WashU task force of faculty, staff and students that evaluated interactions between faculty mentors and their graduate and professional students or postdoctoral fellows recently completed its report and made recommendations.


Perspectives

‘Bioplastics from bacteria’

Plastics are everywhere, yet few get recycled. On an episode of the “Discovery Files” podcast, Arpita Bose, in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on purple bacteria and how they might help solve the plastic problem.


National Science FOundation


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