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Women’s Society accepting student proposals for funding

The Women’s Society of Washington University funding committee invites undergraduate students to submit funding requests for student-led projects that fit within the society’s mission and guidelines. The deadline is Oct. 18.

Obituaries

T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery, 77

Tae Sung (T.S.) Park, MD, a renowned neurosurgeon who pioneered a surgical technique that improved the lives of thousands of children worldwide, died Aug. 31, 2024, while on vacation with his family in Mexico. He was 77.

Health & Society

Local collaboration key to effective evidence-based training, study finds

Collaborating with public health departments and other agencies is key to reducing turnover among public health professionals and promoting health equity, found a new study led by Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan at the Brown School.

Finance

COVID-19 job losses impacted early withdrawal from retirement accounts

illustration of hand with coins, clock, "early withdrawal" note

Having a robust emergency savings fund could help people weather financial shocks, such as job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Performing Arts

Hotchner Festival presents two new plays

WashU playwrights Zach Berger and Frauke Thielecke will present world-premiere staged reading as part of the 2024 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival.

Health & Society

Equity in public health: a focus on technology, workforce development

Sandro Galea, dean designate for Washington University in St. Louis’ planned School of Public Health, will provide a first look at his vision for the new school at the Public Health at WashU Annual Conference Oct. 21-22.

Awards & Notables

Durkee book named Best Edited Volume

“States, Firms, and Their Legal Fictions,” written by MJ Durkee, the William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law, was named Best Edited Volume by the American Branch of the International Law Association.

Medicine

WashU Medicine leads two major pandemic preparedness research projects

chikungunya, dengue and parainfluenza viruses

Two grants totaling $30 million a year for three years support efforts to design vaccines and drugs for understudied virus families. WashU Medicine scientists are leading the efforts.

Engineering

Understudied protein blobs have big effect on cellular function

an image of protein condensates inside a cell

Researchers from WashU and Duke University have shown that the formation of biological condensates affects cellular activity far beyond their immediate vicinity.

Awards & Notables

Two WashU faculty honored by biochemistry group

Two WashU faculty members, Benjamin Garcia and Rohit Pappu, have received annual awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.