The Record

Anger, not fear, shifts political beliefs, study finds

Research from psychologist Alan Lambert, in Arts & Sciences, has found that anger is the emotion that can drive abrupt shifts in political attitudes.

Researchers find key to stopping deadly infection

New research from WashU Medicine identified a key enzyme that enables rotavirus to infect cells. Disabling this enzyme prevented infection, suggesting new treatments against rotavirus and other pathogens that rely on similar mechanisms.

McKinnon installed as Clark Way Harrison Distinguished Professor

William B. McKinnon, in Arts & Sciences, has been installed as the Clark Way Harrison Distinguished Professor. A planetary scientist, McKinnon studies the icy satellites of the outer solar system.

Notables

Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, has been elected president-elect of the American College of Surgeons.

Notables

Panos Kouvelis, director of the Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation at WashU, has been named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.