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Cindy Brantmeier, a professor of applied linguistics and of global studies in Arts & Sciences, shared her research, which examined the challenges of functional health literacy for language-diverse patients across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patients with social needs had a higher number of hospitalizations, obesity, prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, finds a new study from the Brown School on the social determinants of health.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Washington University is now a part of the Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Diseases Consortium, and received a subcontract award of up to $50,000 from Seattle Children’s Research Institute in support of a course on protein bioinformatics.

Richard D. Vierstra, the George and Charmaine Mallinckrodt Professor of Biology, received a four-year $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue his project titled “Phytochromes: Structural Perspectives on Photoactivation and Signaling.”

iGrad, an interactive financial wellness platform for college students, is now available for free to all Danforth Campus students. The platform is designed to boost student financial literacy and to develop money management skills. 

Donald Snyder, a senior professor of electrical and systems engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, died Nov. 21 of complications of gastrointestinal cancer. He was 87. A memorial service is planned for April.

Brett Wick, a professor of mathematics and statistics in Arts & Sciences, , has been appointed Dean’s Fellow for Digital Transformation.

Ning Zhang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, plans to develop new defense tactics for blockchain with a four-year $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. 

The Brown School’s Vetta Sanders Thompson has spent much of her career focused on racial identity, diversity and health.