Campus & Community

The university will offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics for faculty and staff beginning Monday, Jan. 10, at the Athletic Complex lobby on the Danforth Campus. The clinics will be open to all university faculty and staff by appointment only.

The Whitehall Foundation has awarded a three-year $225,000 grant to Tristan Qingyun Li, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, to investigate the function of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain and perform myriad critical functions.

Four faculty members in the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine — Yao Chen, Thomas Papouin, Jason Yi and Guoyan Zhao — have been awarded their first R01 grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Jason Yi, assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has joined the scientific advisory board of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation.

Justin Rustenhoven, a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named a finalist for the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology.

Geoffrey Goodhill, professor of developmental biology and neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has received a two-year $675,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to enhance the capabilities of light field microscopy for brain imaging.

Members of the Washington University community are encouraged to nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2023 Commencement. The deadline is Feb. 1.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Goodbye, 2021. We won’t focus on the way you left us — dealing with a new COVID-19 variant and uncertain about the future. No, we at Washington University will focus on the good — bold new discoveries, hopeful new students and a promising new direction for the university.

From the South 40 underpass to the highlands of Peru, Washington University’s top videos take viewers across the globe to showcase amazing students and groundbreaking research. Here, the Source shares the seven most-viewed videos of 2021.