Record

John Turk, MD, PhD, a pioneer in mass spectrometry research and a deeply respected faculty member for more than 40 years at Washington University School of Medicine, died May 26 in Eureka, Mo., after a brief illness. He was 73.

Fangqiong Ling received a five-year $500,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for her research into wastewater-based epidemiology.

The Office of Recreation is hosting a variety of outdoor BearFit classes this summer on the third floor of the Snow Way parking garage. Anyone with a WUSTLkey can register and participate.

As of June 1, Parking and Transportation Services has moved to open park operations. Parking is complimentary in visitor and yellow designated parking spaces. Normal operations will resume Aug. 16.

Peter M. Burgers, at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $3.5 million renewal grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research titled “Mechanisms of DNA replication and maintenance in eukaryotes.”

A multidisciplinary team at Washington University led by Hong Chen has developed a new brain stimulation technique using focused ultrasound that is able to turn specific types of neurons in the brain on and off and precisely control motor activity without surgical device implantation.

David Patterson Silver Wolf, associate professor at the Brown School, died Friday, May 14, 2021, in hospice in St. Louis after being diagnosed with cancer last fall. He was 57.

Maia Cohen and Ellie Moreland, who graduated in May, each received named prizes in special recognition for their academic achievement.

Today’s issue marks the last Record of the 2020-21 academic year. The next issue will be published Wednesday, June 2, and generally twice weekly through the summer. Visit The Source for the latest news.

Maria Piarulli, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, was selected by the Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program for her research program, “From Atomic Nuclei to Infinite Nucleonic Matter within Chiral Dynamics.”