Six Washington University researchers are among those being honored as outstanding scientists by the Academy of Science-St. Louis. University recipients are faculty members Ralph Quatrano, Jennifer K. Lodge, Samuel Achilefu, Charles M. Hohenberg, Gautam Dantas and Steven Teitelbaum (right), who is receiving a lifetime achievement award.

Since the quiet phase of Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University began in 2009, some 39 percent of Washington University’s faculty and staff — nearly 5,000 employees so far — have contributed $33.4 million to the campaign. That money helps to fund scholarships, supports academic and scientific initiatives, advances learning and enhances facilities.

The industrial metal manganese, once scarce, is now ubiquitous in our environment. New research by the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences suggests that it addles honey bees, which often act as sentinel species for environmental contaminants, even at levels considered safe for humans.