The Record
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
Top stories
$4.9M grant to help develop sepsis diagnostic device
A U.S. Department of Defense award will help WashU Medicine researchers develop a test to quickly group sepsis patients into risk categories based on inflammatory biomarker levels.
A silver lining in sewer sludge: volatile fatty acids
Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering are finding ways to efficiently reclaim useful intermediary chemicals from sewage instead of a more energy-intensive process for biogas reclamation.
WashU tapped for key role in future Artemis moon missions
NASA has formally designated WashU’s Geosciences Node, which has been on campus since 1989, to serve as the lead science data node for the Artemis II, III and IV missions.
Events
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SEP 17 |
Constitution Day: Supreme Court previewNoon Wednesday, Sept. 17 |
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SEP 17 |
Civic Café: St. Louis County mayors panel5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 |
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SEP 18 |
Ethical considerations with AI in research, writing2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 |
WashU in the News
On the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, sharp partisan divides
The New York Times
Hormone replacement therapy could help women avoid dementia — if taken at the right time
Self
In 2022, the name ‘monkeypox’ was nixed; now the US is reviving it
National public radio
Chemistry teacher joins cutting-edge research at WashU to create lesson plans for high schoolers
HEC Media
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Campus and community news
Joe Loewenstein, a professor of English and director of the Humanities Digital Workshop, in Arts & Sciences, will serve as co-principal investigator for a nearly $800,000 Human Networks and Data Science grant from the National Science Foundation.
A study led by William H. McCoy IV, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in dermatology at WashU Medicine, has identified an important way that Cutibacterium acnes bacteria thrives on human skin.
Perspectives
Why the number of physicians joining unions is growing
Patrick Aguilar, MD, managing director of Olin Business School’s Business of Health initiative, writes an article laying out the reasons that more doctors are joining unions — and why the trend is likely to continue.
The Conversation