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Confluence symposium, award ceremony to take place April 10

The Washington University in St. Louis community is invited to attend a symposium and award ceremony recognizing WashU faculty and community partners for their innovative research and deep engagement with the region.

Disparity

Kazakhstan launches child account policy informed by Brown School research

Kazakhstan has launched a national Child Development Account policy informed by research from the Brown School’s Center for Social Development. The development opens the door on a policy structure for channeling natural-resource wealth to invest in children and build human capital.

Awards & Notables

Five physician-scientists named to newest class of Dean’s Scholars

The Division of Physician-Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has announced its fifth class of Dean’s Scholars.

Politics

Can’t we all just get along?

A new book from the School of Law’s John Inazu offers a path for disagreeing productively and living joyfully in our divided society.

Supply Chain Management

How Key Bridge collapse could impact U.S. supply chains immediately, long-term

The devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore will add another wrinkle to recent global supply chain troubles, according to Olin Business School’s Panos Kouvelis, a global supply chain expert.

Awards & Notables

Seven faculty inducted as AIMBE fellows

six Washington University faculty members

Seven Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, joining 23 existing fellows at Washington University.

Medicine

Award of up to $31 million supports development of osteoarthritis treatment

A team of Washington University researchers has received an award of up to $31 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a single-injection treatment for osteoarthritis that promotes tissue regeneration and restores joints.

Academics

Pandemic course improved COVID-19 knowledge, study finds

A survey of nearly 1,000 people found Arts & Sciences’ course “The Pandemic: Science & Society” led to more accurate risk perception and stronger protective behaviors.

Climate & Environment

Michaelides wins NASA fellowship for early-career researchers

A $300,000 award from NASA’s Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science will allow Roger Michaelides, in Arts & Sciences, to track interactions between permafrost and wildfires in a warming Arctic, work that could shed new light on climate change.

Medicine

Huebsch wins NSF CAREER award

The National Science Foundation has given a CAREER award to Nathaniel Huebsch, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.