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Monday, Dec. 8, 2025
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$5 million for brain development and Alzheimer’s degeneration study
Researchers at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have received a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how patterns of brain aging and degeneration mirror early-life experiences.
Class Acts: Students found hospice club to serve St. Louis
WashU seniors Oviya Kalaivanan and Timileyin Olugbenro founded WashU Hospice and Palliative Care Club, which serves 11 St. Louis hospice providers. They are among the students set to celebrate their graduation at the December recognition ceremony Saturday, Dec. 13.
How chemical ‘sponges’ could change the world
Chemist Zach Zheng, in Arts & Sciences, is using artificial intelligence to create metallic-organic compounds that could potentially transform fields from mining to medicine. His mentor, Omar Yaghi, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Zheng will attend this week’s ceremony in Stockholm.
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Matthew Lew, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been elected to the 2026 class of Optica fellows. Optica is an international organization at the forefront of the optics and photonics field.
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Faculty offer in-depth look at global Afghan refugee crisis
Mitra Naseh, at the Brown School, and Jean-Francois Trani, at the School of Public Health, are two co-authors of an article taking a deep dive into the plight Afghan refugees are facing in the United States and around the world.
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