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Space

XL-Calibur telescope to fly again in 2024

View of the atmosphere from the XL-Calibur camera

Researchers led by physicist Henric Krawczynski in Arts & Sciences received $1.5 million from NASA to fund a new flight of XL-Calibur, a balloon-borne telescope built to examine the most extreme objects in the universe. XL-Calibur will be launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle, in May 2024.

Awards & Notables

Stark to chair UN committee

Lindsay Stark, a professor at the Brown School, will chair a working group of the Research Group on Child Reintegration, which has been formed by the Office of the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.

Advancement

Golan installed as inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor

Limor Golan, an expert in labor economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor at a ceremony in Holmes Lounge in March.

Engineering

Ling wins best Emerging Investigator Series paper

Fangqiong Ling, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the Best Emerging Investigator Series Paper in 2022 from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Performing Arts

Himes wins Black Theatre Network Lifetime Award

Ron Himes, the Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, will receive the Black Theatre Network Lifetime Award during the organization’s 2023 national conference.

Awards & Notables

Scholars receive grants from McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience

Neuroscience researchers Tom Franken, MD, PhD, and Alessandro Livi, PhD, at the School of Medicine, are among the recipients of this year’s McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grants.

Awards & Notables

Huesa selected for State Department scholarship

Isabel Huesa, a rising senior in Arts & Sciences, is participating in the U.S. Department of State’s prestigious Critical Language Scholarship Program.

Engineering

Portable, low-cost tech tracks uterine contractions

In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, researchers at Washington University describe a portable uterine-contraction tracker: a cheap-to-make, flexible electrode patch.

St. Louis Region

‘An amazing experience’: College Prep Program’s 10th cohort looks to future

Launched in 2014, WashU’s College Prep Program is a free, immersive learning experience that prepares talented local high school students for college life. During their first Summer Academy experience on campus, the scholars engaged for two weeks in workshops and undergraduate coursework ranging from science experiments to writing poetry.

Advancement

Singamaneni named Hughes Professor

Srikanth Singamaneni, an internationally renowned materials scientist, has been named the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering.