John Gleaves, engineering professor emeritus, 79
John Gleaves, a professor emeritus at the McKelvey School of Engineering, died June 2. He was 79.
Predicting pain with machine learning
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are using machine learning to better predict who will experience persistent pain after surgery.
How to stay safe from ticks and mosquitoes in the Midwest
Before venturing out into the woods, a nearby park or even your backyard, keep an eye out for mosquitoes and ticks, which can be vectors, or carriers, for pathogens that can cause disease. Scientists at WashU’s Tyson Research Center explain the risks and how to stay safe.
He receives environmental engineering award
Zhen He, an environmental engineer at WashU, received the 2025 Frederick George Pohland Medal from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies
To help understand air pollution health effects, researchers in St. Louis quantified how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years.
Biologist Cox wins young investigator award
Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received the 2025 Eric E. Conn Yi Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists.
Environmental futures
Discover some of the many environmental projects currently underway among WashU’s graduate student community, the ‘research engine of the university.’
Ethical exotics
Kahan Chavda, BSBME ’16, co-founder of Inversa, a company pioneering the field of ethically harvested leathers, workshops with Sam Fox School students on how engineering and fashion design can support endangered ecosystems.
Cosmic ‘lenses’ will better define dark matter
Physicists Bryce Wedig and Tansu Daylan, in Arts & Sciences, calculated how many gravitational lenses will be uncovered by NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when it begins science operations in 2027. By examining a large population of these lenses, the researchers hope to learn a lot more about the mysterious nature of dark matter.
Why the moon shimmers with shiny glass beads
Using a variety of microscopic analysis techniques not available when the Apollo astronauts first returned samples from the moon, physicist Ryan Ogliore in Arts & Sciences helped unlock the secrets of tiny lunar beads.
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