Updates on flooding impact
University leaders provide an update on how flash flooding has impacted the campus community, including mail and parking services.
NSF grant to help Zhang lab build better muscle with synthetic biology
Fuzhong Zhang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use a National Science Foundation grant to more closely study the muscle fiber titin, along with other exotic materials.
McKinnon receives funding from NASA, JPL
William McKinnon in Arts & Sciences received a $164,255 award from NASA and the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to support his work on a project to study Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Marketing, communications team wins eight Silver Telly Awards
Video communications projects produced by University Marketing and Communications at Washington University have been recognized with eight Silver Telly Awards, which honor excellence in video across all platforms.
New bioremediation material can clean ‘forever chemicals’
The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Joshua Yuan and collaborators have developed a plant-based material to help safely clean up harmful “forever chemicals.”
Head, Zacks to study aging, development
Denise Head, professor of psychological and brain sciences, and Jeffrey Zacks, associate chair and professor of psychological and brain sciences, both in Arts & Sciences, won a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for work on aging and development.
DOLF Project’s role in effort to eliminate tropical disease recognized
The work of Washington University’s Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, which performs research in support of global efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, has been recognized with a Public Library of Science (PLoS) collection of publications.
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Mayer wins Best LGBTQ Film at Experimental Forum
“Philia,” a short film by rising senior Jack Mayer, has been named Best LGBTQ Film at the 2022 Experimental Forum in Los Angeles.
Chaudhuri recognized by Radiation Research Society
Aadel A. Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Washington University School of Medicine, will receive the 2022 Michael Fry Research Award from the Radiation Research Society.
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