The Record

WashU students engage, educate St. Louis children

Many WashU students volunteer with clubs committed to supporting St. Louis kids. Projects range from teaching hospital patients the science of slime to introducing elementary students to the joys of dance.

Electrochemical method supports nitrogen circular economy

A new approach developed by researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering converts nitrogen waste into a valuable chemical product.

‘Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America’

In “Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America,” Gerald Early, in Arts & Sciences, explores how Black Americans have shaped the game since its emergence during Reconstruction into the present day.

How to (theoretically) spot an alien

Physicist Mikhail Tikhonov in Arts & Sciences proposes an outside-the-box idea for detecting alien biology. His new study is published in Nature Communications.

Notables

WashU Medicine’s Eric C. Leuthardt, MD (left), and Robi Mitra, PhD, have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Notables

Holocaust studies scholar Erin McGlothlin was recently installed as the Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Holocaust Studies in Arts & Sciences.