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Separating fact from fiction in housing affordability and corporate investors

The rise of institutional investors in the housing market is a symptom, rather than the cause, of an extremely tight housing market and the overall housing affordability crisis, according to Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences at WashU.

St. Louis Region

Building math minds in pre‑K: Hazelwood and WashU make numbers count

Pre-K isn’t just for story time — it’s also when children learn important math concepts. The WashU Institute for School Partnership is partnering with the Hazelwood School District to boost kindergarten readiness through coaching, lesson planning and professional development to meet the needs of pre-K educators.

Cancer Research

Grants bolster research on myelodysplastic syndromes

Two WashU Medicine researchers have received three-year, $750,000 awards from the Edward P. Evans Foundation to advance the study of certain types of blood cancer.

Advancement

Raman named Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor

Barani Raman, a renowned expert in systems neuroscience, machine olfaction and bio-inspired computing, has been named the Dennis and Barbara Kessler Professor of Biomedical Engineering at WashU.

Cancer Research

mRNA vaccines follow unconventional immune path to destroy tumors

WashU Medicine researchers have found in mice that two types of immune cells are involved in triggering strong cancer-killing T-cell responses with mRNA vaccines, offering new insights into designing cancer vaccines.

Awards & Notables

Chen, Heemstra selected as AIMBE fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named two new fellows from WashU: Hong Chen and Jennifer Heemstra.

Awards & Notables

Gladney honored by St. Louis Business Journal

Apryle Gladney, vice chancellor and chief human resources officer at WashU, is being honored as one of 11 recipients of the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual HR Awards. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for influential work in human resources that benefits the St. Louis region.