The Record

College remains a strong investment — even with debt, study finds

Even after factoring in student loan payments, completing a college degree continues to pay off, according to new research from the Center for Social Development at the Brown School.

Seniors Abdelmoity, Karinshak were Rhodes Scholars finalists

WashU seniors Omar Abdelmoity and Marilee Karinshak, both students in Arts & Sciences, were finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the globe’s highest academic honors.

A new angle of study for unveiling black hole secrets

Physicists in Arts & Sciences share results from an international collaboration for measuring the hard X-ray polarization from the black hole Cygnus X-1. Their work was published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Notables

Andrew Knight, an expert in organizational behavior at Olin Business School, was recently installed as the Bank of America Professor. He is also executive director of the Bauer Leaders Academy.

Research Wire

Meaghan Creed, in anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has received a $3.3 million five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study dopamine system changes underlying depression symptoms in people with chronic neuropathic pain.

Brian Van Tine, professor of medicine, 53

Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD, a nationally recognized leader in sarcoma research at WashU Medicine, died Nov. 8 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital following an acute illness. He was 53.