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‘Digging down deep’

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present “F***ing A,” Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering riff on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre April 20-23.

Science & Technology

Our future hangs in the balance: climate change and biodiversity loss

The Earth is facing two interconnected crises — loss of biodiversity and climate change. Each separately is an enormous threat to life on this planet. However, together they are fueling each other, creating a worsening downward spiral.

Medicine

Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients

A clinical trial led by the School of Medicine has shown that the investigational drug motixafortide — when combined with the standard therapy for mobilizing stem cells —may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients.

Awards & Notables

Frierson, Kang recieve ACLS fellowships

Karma Frierson and Hyeok Hweon Kang, both assistant professors in Arts & Sciences, have won fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Engineering

New imaging technology may reduce surgeries for rectal cancer patients

Quing Zhu, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and Matthew Mutch, MD, at the School of Medicine, have been working together to develop a new imaging technology that can help doctors determine which colorectal cancer patients’ treatments have been successful, helping some to avoid surgery. Their efforts received a $1.75 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.

Campus & Community

Cultivating authentic community

During Bear Beginnings orientation in August 2022, Chancellor Andrew Martin (center) and Anna Gonzalez (green shirt), vice chancellor for student affairs, took first-year students on a food tour of the South Grand neighborhood, because one of the best ways to build community and to get to know a community is through food. (Photo: Michael Thomas)

Creating a greater sense of belonging for our diverse community is our investment in the future.

Advancement

Investing in a competitive advantage

Alumnus Eric Upin serves as a co-chair of Make Way: Our Student Initiative. (Photo: Michael Thomas)

Eric Upin advocates for the power of the endowment to draw talent, expand opportunity and grow the university’s impact.

Campus & Community

Taking tolerance on the road

Alumni Sandy and Karen Teplitzky work hard to combat hate and intolerance through the Mobile Museum of Tolerance. (Photo: Mary Rafferty)

Sandy and Karen Teplitzky are committed to fighting hate through the Mobile Museum of Tolerance.

Campus & Community

For the love of the game

Matt Bayer on the field at Busch Stadium.

Matt Bayer, AB ’11, crunches numbers and analyzes data to help St. Louis’ beloved Cardinals make the best baseball decisions.

Sustainability

A warming world needs better batteries

Peng Bai and his lab team are researching sustainable battery technologies on the smaller scale, those found in our phones and electric cars. (Photos by Whitney Curtis)

For the green energy revolution to be successful, scientists must develop more cost-effective and sustainable battery technologies. Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering are spending their energy on just that.