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Virgin receives several multiyear grants

Herbert W. Virgin IV, MD, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Professor of Pathology and Immunology and head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology, has received several multiyear grants.

Campus & Community

Washington University joins nationwide survey about sexual assault on college campuses

Conducted by the Association of American Universities, the Sexual Assault Climate Survey will collect data from 800,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students across the nation. The survey is completely anonymous and will take most students 20 minutes to complete.

Campus & Community

Arts & Sciences grants support classroom innovation

This spring, students in Ignacio Infante’s “World-Wide Translation: Language, Culture, Technology” will help create positive experiences for critically ill children visiting St. Louis. The work is made possible in part by an Arts & Sciences grant, one of 15, designed to support engaging and transformative classroom experiences.

Campus & Community

The Lofts of Washington University welcomes new tenant

Endless Electronics, a locally owned computer, tablet and smartphone repair business, has moved into the final retail space at The Lofts of Washington University on the Delmar Loop, an $80 million residential and retail project. The business opens to the public Feb. 14 and joins retail tenants United Provisions, a full-service grocery store, and Peacock Loop Diner.

Arts & Culture

Eric Warren launches Jazz at Holmes Jan. 22

Jazz bassist and composer Eric Warren will launch the spring Jazz at Holmes series with a free concert Thursday, Jan. 22. In all, the weekly series will feature 12 performances, including evenings with acclaimed guitarist John Abercrombie and saxophonist Eric Person, a St. Louis native now living in New York.

Medicine & Health

Scientists find gene vital to central nervous system development

Using Washington University’s state-of-the-art zebrafish facility, scientists have identified a gene that helps regulate how well nerves of the central nervous system are insulated. The finding may have implications for human diseases such as multiple sclerosis, in which this insulation is lost.

Campus & Community

Ferguson Academic Seed Grant Fund aims to explore root causes of unrest

Grants will provide funding for innovative research projects and programs at Washington University in St. Louis that aim not only to explore the underlying causes of the difficult issues the St. Louis region is facing, but also to seek and implement long-term, sustainable solutions.

Campus & Community

Trustees grant faculty promotions

At last month’s Board of Trustees meeting, several Washington University in St. Louis faculty members from the School of Medicine were promoted with tenure.

Science & Technology

Peat fire emissions may shed light on climate change

Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, assistant professor of environmental engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, has received a three-year grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the climatic effects of carbon-containing aerosols emitted from peat fires.

Campus & Community

Medical school’s Health Happening Fair is Jan. 30

School of Medicine employees are invited to visit the annual Health Happening Fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, in the Eric P. Newman Education Center for free health screenings and information on a wide variety of health topics.