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Kurtz explores ethical practice in capoeira

Esther Viola Kurtz, in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published an article titled “Call, Response, and Compromisso: Ethical Practice in Capoeira of Backland Bahia, Brazil.”

Neuroscience & Memory

Good parenting helps, but has limits under major deprivation

Researchers at Washington University find high social disadvantage may limit the benefits of parenting on language and cognition.

Obituaries

Floyd Bloom, emeritus trustee, 88

Floyd E. Bloom, MD, an honorary emeritus trustee at Washington University in St. Louis, died Jan. 8. He was 88. A WashU Medicine alumnus, he made groundbreaking contributions to modern neuroscience.

Engineering

Multimodal AI tool supports study of ecosystems

graph showing multimodal inputs to AI tools

Computer scientists at Washington University developed TaxaBind, an artificial intelligence tool that combines six information streams to address modeling of ecosystems.

Performing Arts

Opera star Lawrence Brownlee March 23

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (New York Times), will join pianist Kevin Miller for an intimate recital March 23. The program will span music of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

Biology

Bringing expansion microscopy to plants

Biologist Kevin Cox, in Arts & Sciences, has discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

Alzheimer's

$4.5 million supports pathbreaking neuroimmunology research

WashU Medicine has received a three-year $4.5 million grant from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation, with the ultimate goal of developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

Medicine

Genetic analysis explains rare disease severity, points to possible treatment

Researchers at WashU Medicine have uncovered why some patients with a rare genetic disorder called primary ciliary dyskinesia have worse lung problems than others with the same disorder.

Religion

Getting to root of rising antisemitism in America

Fighting rising antisemitism in the U.S. will require a dramatic shift in civility and a renewed focus on teaching history and religion, according to Mark Oppenheimer, at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. “The humanities don’t inoculate against hatred, but they give us the tools to fight it.”

Engineering

Ling named ‘Rising Star’ in environmental research

Environmental engineer Fangqiong Ling, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU, has been named among ACS Environmental Au’s “Rising Stars in Environmental Research.”