Science & Technology

Jane Goodall made St. Louis — and Graham Chapel — a stop on her national tour to share her ‘tenacious authenticity’ and empower us to work together on behalf of our planet.

Josh Mandel-Brehm’s biotech company, CAMP4, is harnessing the power of RNA.

In the “Engineering Ethics and Sustainability” taught by Sandra Matteucci of the McKelvey School of Engineering, students explore the lessons to be learned from deadly ethics failures.

As part of Active Transportation Month in October, the Sustainability, Parking & Transportation, and Operations & Facilities Management offices are hosting two commuter fairs and a commuter challenge starting Monday, Oct. 17.

Research from the lab of Brian Carpenter, in Arts & Sciences, suggests older adults understood that sometimes-unflattering COVID-19 messaging came from a place of caring and compassion.

A $314,807 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support Abhinav Jha’s interdisciplinary work looking at the ethics of artificial intelligence implementation in the medical sphere.

Research from the lab of Fangqiong Ling at the McKelvey School of Engineering finds SARS-CoV-2 material in wastewater reflects illnesses in communities. It also helps establish guidance for future studies.

Paul Byrne, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, is a science collaborator for a prototype aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Near Space Corp.

Bruce Carlson, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, recently won a $980,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study neuronal plasticity and the evolvability of animal behavior.

Yixin Chen will work with two McKelvey School of Engineering alumni on a collaborative project with the U.S. Department of Energy and Lincoln University to improve biomanufacturing.