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Jacobi, Zickuhr named Loeb Teaching Fellows

Celina Jacobi, MD, an instructor in child psychiatry, and Lisa Zickuhr, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, have been named the 2024-26 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at the School of Medicine.

Obituaries

Peter Alan Fedders, professor emeritus of physics, 85

Peter Alan Fedders, a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Feb. 22, 2024, in La Jolla, Calif. He was 85. Fedders was an expert in condensed-matter physics who made significant contributions to the theory of nuclear magnetic resonance.

Engineering

Efficient lithium-air battery under development to speed electrification of transit

With $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, a collaborative team of researchers led by the McKelvey School of Engineering is working toward creating efficient and reliable batteries for transportation use.

Awards & Notables

Chen, Silva named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Hong Chen and Jonathan Silva, both faculty members in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. They will be inducted in June.

Neuroscience & Memory

Neurons help flush waste out of brain during sleep

Illustration of focal seizure and human brain

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that brain waves help flush waste out of the brain during sleep. The findings could lead to new approaches for treating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions.

Medicine

Shellhaas elected to American Epilepsy Society board

Renée Shellhaas, MD, the David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Epilepsy Society board of directors.

Awards & Notables

WashU named a top 100 patent-producing university

The National Academy of Investors included Washington University in St. Louis on its 2023 Top 100 Worldwide Universities granted U.S. patents again.

Campus & Facilities

State of the University address planned

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s annual State of the University address will be available to view online March 7.

Law

Alabama embryo ruling ‘shocking’

The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent decision that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children” will have far-reaching implications in the state and beyond, said an expert on family law and reproductive justice at Washington University in St. Louis.

Cancer Research

Washington University joins NIH cancer screening clinical trials network

illustration of people of various ages and races

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is one of seven U.S. institutions joining a new national clinical trials network launched by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to investigate emerging technologies for cancer screening, with the goal of reducing cancer-related illnesses and deaths.