WashU Medicine researchers to build AI tools to boost Alzheimer’s research
A grant of nearly $800,000 will fund the development of an “AI Scientist” system aimed at improving biomedical research efficiency, with an initial focus on neurodegenerative disease.
WashU entrepreneurs and innovators honored
In total, WashU startups received nearly $125,000 in funding during an event at the Skandalaris Center’s annual spring awards ceremony.
Witt installed as Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor
Andrew Witt has been installed as the inaugural Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor in the WashU Sam Fox School. The professorship includes a joint appointment at WashU McKelvey Engineering.
WashU Olin Business launches dual AI initiatives to prepare workers, companies
The school is offering $10,000 scholarships to support affected professionals enrolled in the new AI for Business master’s program, while new corporate development offerings help organizations redesign work and reskill teams.
Class Acts: Ruiqi Wang
Ruiqi Wang is set to graduate from WashU McKelvey Engineering and next will work for Google the improve machine learning.
Managing Mythos
WashU cybersecurity expert Ning Zhang explains the growing capabilities of machine learning models such as Mythos and their threat to internet infrastructure and security.
Class Acts: Izzy Caffarelli
Isabella Caffarelli, a senior majoring in applied mathematics and minoring in astrophysics in Arts & Sciences, is looking forward to a new research challenge after she graduates from WashU: helping brain scientists use advanced algorithms to sort and understand neurological data in a cleaner, more coherent way.
Rachel Penczykowski
Ecologist Rachel Penczykowski, in WashU Arts & Sciences, was drawn to science early on. Today, her lab studies plant diseases, parasite interactions and how we can respond as environmental forces change.
Power, Knowledge, and COVID-19
Did the scientific community’s response to the pandemic fall short of the reasoned pursuit of truth? Alex Broadbent of Durham University and Pieter Streicher of the University of Johannesburg—authors of a new book on science during the COVID moment—join WashU’s Sandro Galea to discuss what is still to be learned from the pandemic.
Alex Broadbent and Pieter Streicher
Genin elected to World Council of Biomechanics
Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WashU McKelvey Engineering, has been elected to the World Council of Biomechanics.
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