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Tao Ju, a researcher at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will develop algorithms for 3D surface modeling with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Paul Byrne, an associate professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at WashU, was featured in “Volcano Worlds,” a PBS Nova documentary about the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system.

Rachel Sachs, a professor of law and an expert on pharmaceutical law, testified Oct. 29 before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on reducing prescription drug costs.

Ulugbek Kamilov, a computer scientist at Washington University, plans to work on innovative algorithms with $20,000 from Google.

WashU has joined a regional effort to collect a new hard-to-recycle material: election yard signs, from Nov. 6-14. In addition to signs from home, the program also will accept office or departmental corrugated plastic signs and metal stakes.

Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor emeritus and the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor at WashU, has been named to Ingram’s Magazine’s list of 50 power players and leaders in business.

A new award sponsored by the Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator (DI2) aims to encourage WashU instructors to develop freely available digital course materials that will improve student success.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, an assistant professor of genetics at WashU Medicine, has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of congenital hydrocephalus.

Four WashU faculty members were named Distinguished Investigators by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research.