The Record

Why are refugees with jobs still living in poverty?

For newly resettled refugees in the United States, getting a job doesn’t always mean escaping poverty, says Mitra Naseh, an expert on migration policy at the WashU Brown School.

McKelvey Engineering dean search committee appointed

Provost Mark D. West has appointed a 13-member search committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of McKelvey Engineering.

Bursky Public Health welcomes new faculty

Bursky Public Health has welcomed 19 new primary and joint faculty members for the 2026-27 school year. Their expertise ranges from environmental epidemiology to food environments to biostatistics.

Notables

Pamela Barmash, interim chair of Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies in WashU Arts & Sciences, has been elected president of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.

Research Wire

With a National Science Foundation grant, Shantanu Chakrabartty, at McKelvey Engineering, will design hybrid neuromorphic and quantum computing systems that could unlock huge energy efficiencies in solving artificial intelligence problems.

Research Wire

WashU Medicine researchers at the Center for Clinical Pharmacology have uncovered new insights into the pharmacology of ketamine that help explain both its rapid benefits and its risks.

Announcements

Flags lowered in remembrance of 9/11

The U.S. flag over Brookings Hall is lowered to half-staff today as the university pauses to remember the lives lost 25 years ago in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.