The Record

NIH awards $10 million to study human virome

Researchers at WashU Medicine have received two grants totaling more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the human body’s resident viruses, those not known to be associated with disease.

Researchers to study health impact of school lunch program changes

Sarah Moreland-Russell, at the Brown School, has received a four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to understand how schools’ responses to policy changes guiding school lunch and breakfast programs affect health.

Helping herps in Central America

Tasman Ezra, a graduate student in biology in Arts & Sciences, founded a conservation organization dedicated to conserving reptiles, amphibians and their habitats in Honduras.

Notables

Sophomores Bralin Duckett (left) and Spencer Snipe, both in Arts & Sciences, are among the 12 scholars chosen nationwide to participate in the Institute for Responsible Citizenship Washington Program.

Notables

Young-Shin Jun, a professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been chosen to receive a 2025 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Announcements

West Campus hosts Ripple Glass collection site

Members of the WashU and St. Louis communities may now recycle their glass in the Ripple Glass depository on the West Campus parking lot.