The Record

University to retire Robert J. Terry Lecture, rename professorship

WashU will retire the Robert J. Terry Lecture and rename the Robert J. Terry Professorship, following approval by the Board of Trustees. The action follows a recommendation from the university’s Naming Review Board and concludes a yearlong review.

WashU Expert: Finding a job in the AI era

As artificial intelligence reshapes job applications, WashU career expert Casey Jenkerson advises job seekers to use authentic language, build networks early and focus on essential skills. She also warns against using dishonest AI tactics.

Mental health care around surgery improves older adults’ recovery

A clinical trial led by WashU Medicine researchers found that combining mental health coaching with medication optimization reduced post-surgery anxiety and depression in older adults.

Notables

Vincent Mellnick, MD (left), has been named senior vice chair and division director of academic practice, and Malak Itani, MD, has been named section chief of abdominal imaging. Both are faculty members in WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.

Notables

Naomi Kim-Yu, a doctoral candidate in English and a Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American culture studies, both in WashU Arts & Sciences, has won a Charlotte W. Newcombe dissertation fellowship.

Research Wire

WashU researcher Scott VanBommel, in Arts & Sciences, led the team studying the Curiosity rover’s unexpected discovery of pure sulfur, which offers new clues to conditions on Mars roughly 3 billion years ago.