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Peter R. Phillips, professor emeritus of physics, 92

Peter R. Phillips, a professor emeritus of physics in Arts & Sciences, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in St. Louis. He was 92 years old.

Medicine

‘Long flu’ has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID

New research from the School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System comparing the viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 shows that people hospitalized with seasonal influenza also can suffer long-term negative health effects.

Engineering

Meta-learning to find every needle in every haystack

A visual active search tool developed by Nathan Jacobs, Anindya Sarkar and Yevgeniy Vorobeychik at the McKelvey School of Engineering combines deep reinforcement learning with traditional active search methods.

Awards & Notables

University Marketing & Communications nominated for two Regional Emmy Awards

Rajesh Singh (left) is a research scientist in the Bose laboratory. Here, he collects a sample of soil along the shoreline at Ellis Island. Washington University biologists are searching for beneficial microbes in the wetlands. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

A University Marketing & Communications team was nominated for two 2023 Mid-America Regional Emmy awards by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Obituaries

Janis Schade, longtime facilities staff member, 63

Janis Lea Morris Schade, a 25-year employee in Facilities Planning & Management at Washington University in St. Louis, died at her home Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. She was 63.

Campus & Facilities

State of the School of Medicine address set for January

School of Medicine Dean David H. Perlmutter, MD, will give his annual State of the School Address in person Jan. 23 and Jan. 26 on the Medical Campus. Faculty and staff are invited to register to attend in person or online.

Awards & Notables

Kulkarni recognized for research into complement system

Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the School of Medicine, has received the 2023 Svar Complement Excellence Award from the International Complement Society and life sciences company Svar.

Nutrition & Wellness

Gut bacteria of malnourished children benefit from key elements in therapeutic food

New research from the School of Medicine has identified key naturally occurring biochemical components of a novel therapeutic food that is aimed at repairing malnourished children’s underdeveloped gut microbiomes. The findings may help guide treatments for malnutrition.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Earliest evidence for domestic yak found using both archaeology, ancient DNA

Archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis discovered evidence for domestic yak in the Tibetan Plateau dating back 2,500 years.

Campus & Community

12.13.23

Participants pose in a life-sized snow globe

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.