Kouvelis and the Boeing Center supply chain group are ranked highly for research
Panos Kouvelis and the Boeing Center supply chain group at Olin Business School were ranked highly for their research in the field’s top four journals from 2001-2015. A scholarship study published in Decision Sciences in June focused on papers published in the Journal of Operations Management; Production and Operations Management; Manufacturing and Service Operations; and Management Science. The […]
University receives EPA Pollution Prevention Award
Washington University in St. Louis recently was selected to receive an Environmental Protection Agency 2020 Pollution Prevention Award.
Zhang receives NIH grant to research microtubule inner proteins
Rui Zhang, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a five-year grant award totaling $1,897,009 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Structural and functional studies of axonemal microtubule inner proteins (MIPs.)”
2,000 volunteers needed to evaluate rapid COVID-19 saliva test
Washington University is seeking 2,000 university employees or students to volunteer for a study to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale, rapid COVID-19 saliva testing.
Babulal receives NIH grant to study depression and Alzheimer’s disease
Ganesh M. Babulal, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $3,984,843 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute On Aging for research titled “The Impact of Depression and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease on Driving Among Older Adults.” This study will investigate how depression, preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and antidepressant use […]
Solnica-Krezel elected president of international zebrafish research society
Lila Solnica-Krezel, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected president of the International Zebrafish Society.
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Wingfield publishes editorial on persisting racial disparities in health care
The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latinx communities in the United States has demonstrated that racial disparities persist in health care. In a recent editorial for Science, Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences, said racial disparities persist despite the safeguards scientists have put into place to keep their work bias-free because […]
Collins publishes editorial highlighting COVID-19’s unequal affect on women scientists
COVID-19 has upended daily life, including scientific research. However, the pandemic has not impacted men and women equally. While women scientists seem to be submitting fewer papers for publication, men are submitting more. In a recently published editorial for Science, Caitlyn Collins, assistant professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences, said gender equity in science has always been […]
Kemper Art Museum announces fall access plan
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will remain closed to the public for the fall 2020 semester. However, in coordination with the universitywide COVID-19 response plan and health and safety guidelines, the museum will be accessible in a limited fashion to Washington University students, faculty and staff.
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