The Record

Engineering better sleep

WashU researchers plan to use advanced math to better understand and control biological systems, specifically our body’s internal clock. Their work could lead to better treatments for sleep issues.

Vagus nerve stimulation relieves severe depression

Results of a major clinical trial, led by researchers at WashU Medicine, may pave the way to health insurance coverage for vagus nerve stimulation therapy to treat depression.

WashU joins Thrive Scholars College Collaborative

WashU is strengthening its partnership with Thrive Scholars, a national nonprofit that prepares high-achieving students from communities with limited resources to succeed at the nation’s top universities.

Coyote genes may show urban evolution at work

A new study by Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes.

Research Wire

Physicist Bhupal Dev, in Arts & Sciences, will analyze possible neutrino interactions with dark matter at the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics in Germany.

Research Wire

Mitra Naseh, at the Brown School, has received a three-year $463,654 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to study and improve the health of refugees in Missouri.

Sean McWilliams, of Student Sunrise project, 55

Sean McWilliams, a 29-year employee who held various roles at Washington University, died at his home Jan. 9. He was 55. A celebration of life will take place March 7 on campus.