Campus & Community

Jessie Minton, vice provost and chief information officer at the University of Oregon, has been appointed vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer at Washington University in St. Louis, effective April 15, according to Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor and chief administrative officer.

Mohamed Mahjoub, associate professor of at the School of Medicine, received a three-year $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for kidney disease research.

Steven J. Mennerick at the School of Medicine received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Parking and Transportation team provides year-end updates, including a management system update Dec. 8-15, details on sharing rides for winter break and more.

Irene Antony, a neuroscience major in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won the Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience.

Paul J. Shaw at the School of Medicine received a one-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research interactions between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease.

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic was recently awarded a $100,000 grant for 2022 by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent branch of the Internal Revenue Service. 

Gregory R. Bowman at the School of Medicine received a one-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Xuntian Jiang at the School of Medicine received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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