Wang receives NASA grant
Alian Wang, research professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences, received a three-year $570,828 award from NASA for planetary research.
Blood drives scheduled
Members of the university community are urged to participate in upcoming blood drives to help restore the blood supply. The next one is Wednesday, Jan. 19, on the Medical Campus.
Amari wins NASA grant
Sachiko Amari, research professor in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences, received a $973,810 award from NASA.
Guido L. Weiss, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, 92
Guido L. Weiss, the Elinor Anheuser Professor Emeritus of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Dec. 25, 2021, of Alzheimer’s disease. Weiss was a prominent mathematician, former chair of the Department of Mathematics and an active member of the university community. He was 92.
Chalker to expand hands-on science in K-12 classrooms
Douglas Chalker, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received a five-year $660,281 collaborative award from the National Institutes of Health to expand hands-on science efforts in K-12 classrooms.
University to reflect on St. Louis contributions in honor of King
Washington University will hold its 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17. Arts & Sciences’ John Baugh will deliver the keynote address at the virtual event. The School of Medicine will host a week of programs and service opportunities, including a talk by Jonathan Metzl, author of “Dying of Whiteness.”
Vaccine booster clinics offered for faculty, staff
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.
Li receives Whitehall grant
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 neuroscience faculty members receive R01 grants
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).
Yi appointed to Angelman Syndrome Foundation scientific advisory board
Jason Yi, assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has joined the scientific advisory board of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation.
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