The Record

How AI will change your career

What is artificial intelligence good at? How might it reshape the employment landscape? Last spring, WashU’s Ian Bogost interviewed Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, at Meta, and others for the class “How AI Will Change Your Career.”

A promise to future patients

First-year WashU Medicine students received their white coats and recited a shared oath at the White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage that marks the beginning of their medical training.

Implementing science across borders

WashU’s Prevention Research Center delivered its Evidence-Based Public Health training in Puerto Rico, strengthening the local health workforce’s capacity to tackle chronic disease and limited resources.

Notables

Proscovia Nabunya, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been named director of the school’s International Center for Child Health and Development.

Research Wire

WashU electrical engineer Mark Lawrence has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. He aims to develop sensors and cameras powered by taking advantage of the properties of light.

Announcements

Applications, nominations sought for Confluence Award

The Confluence Collaborative for Community Engagement at WashU is now accepting nominations and applications for the William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award. Applications are due Oct. 31.

James Ballard, former director of Engineering Communication Center

James “Jim” Clark Ballard, a former senior lecturer and director of the Engineering Communication Center at the McKelvey School of Engineering, died Sept. 29 in St. Louis following a sudden cardiac arrest. He was 79.