WUPD accepting public comments during reaccreditation process
The Washington University Police Department will be accepting public comments as part of its reaccreditation process. Community members may offer comments Monday, Nov. 1, by phone or in a virtual meeting.
More sleep leads to better grades and well-being
Research from Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, finds that students who get a good night’s sleep night in and night out earn higher marks and have greater well-being.
Lai to evaluate diversity training for law enforcement
Calvin Lai in Arts & Sciences received a nearly $350,000 grant, part of $33 million allotted by the Department of Justice to improve community policing.
Jha’s NIH grant to support cancer research
The latest National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for Abhinav Jha at the McKelvey School of Engineering is another step toward early prediction of therapy response in patients with lung cancer.
A strategic planning update
Get an update on the university’s strategic planning process from Provost Beverly Wendland.
Briceño featured in AXA Art Prize Exhibition
“La Cortadora de Café” (2021), a painting by Quinn Antonio Briceño, a candidate for a master’s in fine arts at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, will be featured in the AXA Art Prize 2021 Exhibition.
Woodard named outstanding researcher by radiology society
Pamela K. Woodard, MD, the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named the 2021 Outstanding Researcher by the Radiological Society of North America.
Eight researchers receive Longer Life Foundation awards
Eight Washington University researchers have received funding from the Longer Life Foundation, a cooperative effort between the School of Medicine and the Reinsurance Group of America.
Open enrollment begins Nov. 1
Faculty, staff and trainees will have the opportunity to change or re-enroll for 2022 benefits starting Monday, Nov. 1, through Nov. 17. Selections can be made online through the Workday platform.
Flowe wins Littleton-Griswold Prize for ‘Uncontrollable Blackness’
Douglas Flowe, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2021 Littleton-Griswold Prize for his book “Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York.”
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