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A team of engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering found that conduction of heat plays a larger role than previously thought in the dynamics of droplets on smooth surfaces that repel water.

Members of the Washington University community are encouraged to nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2023 Commencement. The deadline is Feb. 1.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Nominations are being accepted for Washington University’s annual Faculty Achievement Awards, known as the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award and the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award. The nomination deadline is Feb. 11.

Thomas M. De Fer, MD, a nationally recognized leader in medical education, has been named director of the Division of General Medicine within the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.

Roberto Galletto at the School of Medicine received a five-year $2.1 million MIRA grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy facility, has awarded $577,685 to Rajan Chakrabarty at the McKelvey School of Engineering to chemically image atmospheric particles.

Daniel Scott Marcus, professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, received a one-year $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Daniel Griffith, a predoctoral trainee in biochemistry at the School of Medicine, received a three-year $138,000 Graduate Research Fellowship award from the National Science Foundation.

The Parking and Transportation team shares updates on shuttle schedules, the “open park” policy during winter break and ride sharing.