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J. Mark Meacham, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a five-year $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his research using algae cells to study devices he builds in the lab.

The book “Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning”(2019) by Rafia Zafar, professor of English and of African-American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, is featured in a new exhibition celebrating the 125th anniversary of the New York Public Library.

Undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University can submit entries for the annual A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival. The deadline to turn in scripts — which may be full-length, one-act or 10-minute plays — is 4 p.m. Jan. 17. Winning playwrights will be announced in March.

Peggy Kendall, MD, has been named director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She joined the university from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor at the Brown School, is co-author of the paper “Medicaid and Household Savings Behavior: New Evidence From Tax Refunds,” published in the Journal of Financial Economics. The researchers show that financially burdened families’ savings get a shot in the arm with access to Medicaid. Reseachers found that a […]

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James M. McKelvey Sr., dean emeritus of the McKelvey School of Engineering, died Nov. 13, 2019, in Bethesda, Md. He was 94. McKelvey served as dean from 1964 to 1991 and was instrumental in transforming the school. A memorial service will be held Dec. 8.

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ College and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design announce a new round of Divided City faculty collaborative grants.

Two faculty and two alumni from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts are among the winners of InSITE 2020, a temporary public art exhibition organized by the Downtown STL Public Art Initiative.

Question: How many WashU students have received Rhodes Scholarships, one of the world’s most prestigious academic honors?