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Shin installed as inaugural Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics

Yongseok Shin, an expert on macroeconomics and economic growth, was installed as the inaugural Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis during a recent ceremony.

Campus & Facilities

Bear Bucks changes announced

The Bear Bucks cashless account system has made changes and can now only be used at campus locations.

Awards & Notables

Rank’s book garners national awards

Mark R. Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at the Brown School, received prestigious awards over the past six months for his book exploring the myths of poverty in the U.S. and why those myths continue to exist.

Engineering

Brighter fluorescent markers allow for finer imaging

Nanoparticles engineered by Washington University in St. Louis researchers help provide a clearer picture of brain cell structure.

St. Louis Region

Political science program aims to expand graduate student pipeline

The Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences has launched the WUSTEPS Pipeline Program, which is aimed at preparing undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for success in graduate programs.

Awards & Notables

Curiel, Diamond receive innovation award

David T. Curiel, MD, PhD, and Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, both of the School of Medicine, have received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for their development of a nasal vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Climate & Environment

How birds adapt to extreme temperatures

Most bird families have adapted to changes in ambient temperature by changing both their bodies and their bills simultaneously, according to biologist Justin Baldwin in Arts & Sciences, first author of a new study in Nature Communications.

Awards & Notables

WashU communications projects win national honors

Two WashU communications projects have won national honors as part of the 2023 Circle of Excellence Awards sponsored by CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Medicine

Kidney tissue atlas serves as blueprint for understanding kidney injury, disease

Researchers at the School of Medicine helped lead a major study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that uncovered rich cellular and molecular diversity in healthy and diseased kidneys, creating a kidney tissue atlas that will help further understanding of kidney injury and disease.

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.