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Mapping soundscapes everywhere

Nathan Jacobs at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a new framework for predicting the types of sounds that are likely to be heard at a given geographic location. Soundscape mapping has applications in urban planning and noise management, as well as in individual decisions about where to buy a home or establish a business.

Awards & Notables

PACS receives funding from Department of Education

The Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences at the School of Medicine has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Education that combined will provide over $2.3 million in support of its graduate training programs.

Space

Errando awarded funding for astrophysics of relativistic jets

Manel Errando, an assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct studies of active galactic nuclei.

Awards & Notables

Iannotti wins scientific excellence award

Lora Iannotti, a professor at the Brown School, has been named recipient of the 2022 Board for International Food and Agricultural Development Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.

Politics

Navigating political discussions at holiday gatherings

Planning to stay mum around the holiday table when the subject of politics comes up? Political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, says we would be better off learning to have open, respectful conversations with one another — especially with those who have opposing viewpoints.

Campus & Community

11.20.23

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Obituaries

Kathleen K. Dixon, emeritus instructor in physical therapy, 90

Kathleen K. Dixon, a retired emeritus instructor in the Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine, died Nov. 5 at a retirement center in Richmond Heights, Mo., following a long illness. She was 90.

St. Louis Region

School of Law tax clinic helps St. Louis woman keep her home

Students and faculty working with the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at the Washington University School of Law were able to help a St. Louis woman reduce her tax debt and keep her house.

Sustainability

Funding available for sustainability projects

The WashU Sustainability Fund has launched to provide funding to WashU community members for small-scale sustainability projects.

Appointments & Promotions

Cooper named director of pediatric rheumatology and immunology division

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist in pediatric immunodeficiencies and immune dysregulation, has been named director of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine.