The Record

Campus spaces honor Indigenous history, promote mental health

An effort led by the Buder Center at the Brown School has reimagined 15 spaces on the Danforth Campus as “Connection Points.” The natural areas include native plants that hold meaning for Indigenous communities.

Genetic study suggests ways to catch blood cancer earlier

In a new study, WashU Medicine researchers shed light on how newly acquired mutations in blood stem cells interact with mutations passed down by parents to influence a person’s lifetime risk of developing blood cancer.

Black carbon emissions underestimated in ‘global south’

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have used a variety of models to measure ambient concentrations of black carbon in the “global south” and found estimates of these harmful emissions have been grossly underestimated.

Notables

Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, was one of two early-career leaders chosen for this year’s Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain.

Notables

Catherine Hanaway, a member of WashU’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed to serve as Missouri attorney general. As such, Hanaway will step down from the board. She will be sworn in Sept. 8.

Research Wire

A researcher at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a way to create an embedded fingerprint in 3D-printed parts that would withstand the item being broken, a potential way to track “ghost guns.”