Psychology researchers receive NSF grant to study preschool learning
Two psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have received a $620,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Preschoolers’ Use of Statistical Learning to Discover Spelling and Reading Conventions Prior to Formal Schooling.”
Postdoctoral researcher receives NIH fellowship
Bo-Ruei Chen, PhD, postdoctoral research scholar in the (Barry) Sleckman Lab, has received a three-year, $167,346 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Pathways that Preserve Genome Stability during Antigen Receptor Gene Assembly.” …
Chalker awarded research grants
Douglas Chalker, PhD, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded $170,000 from the National Science Foundation to continue work on his project, “DNA Elimination Mechanisms in Tetrahymena.”
Agrawal awarded collaborative NSF grant
Kunal Agrawal, PhD, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, received a four-year, $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her work titled “XPS: FULL: FP: Collaborative Research: Taming Parallelism: Optimally Exploiting High-throughput Parallel Architectures.”
Stark awarded chamber music grant
Christopher Stark, assistant professor of music in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a commission from Chamber Music America, the national network of chamber music professionals, to compose a piece for the New York-based duo New Morse Code.
Braxs receives Hispanic heritage award from NFL
The St. Louis Rams have selected Virginia Braxs, senior lecturer in Romance languages and literatures in Arts & Sciences, as a recipient of the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award.
Jain receives distinguished alum award
Raj Jain, PhD, professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, was selected to receive a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Alumni Association, among other honors.
Brownson wins cancer prevention grant
Ross C. Brownson, PhD, professor at the Brown School and at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a $365,600 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute for his project “A Cross-country Comparison of Evidence-based Prevention of Cancer.”
VanDussen receives grant for Crohn’s disease research
Kelli VanDussen, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the (Thaddeus) Stappenbeck Lab, has received a three-year, $174,750 grant from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America for research titled “Defining The Basis of Epithelial Defects in Crohn’s Disease Patients.”
Higher Learning Commission headed to campus
A Higher Learning Commission peer review team will be at Washington University in St. Louis Sept. 22-24. The team will conduct an on-site evaluation and meet with faculty, staff and students.
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