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George Paz, former trustee, 67

George Paz, a former trustee of Washington University, died Oct. 23. He was 67. He served on the university’s board from July 2009 until June 2019.

Biology

Kranz laboratory biologists report structure of heme transporter

In Nature Communications, researchers in the laboratory of Robert Kranz, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, shared a new cryo-EM structure and proposed some common mechanisms of heme trafficking in the cell.

Awards & Notables

Stark receives $435,000 UNICEF grant

Lindsay Stark, a professor at the Brown School, has received a one-year $435,000 grant from UNICEF for a project titled “Intervention Review and Implementation Research to Address Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.”

Nutrition & Wellness

Researchers bring Body U to schools with HHS grant

Two adolescent girls eating lunch outside

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded researchers Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft and Denise Wilfley a grant to help improve outcomes for eating disorders in adolescent girls.

Students

Election Day is Nov. 8

On Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and the Athletic Complex is ready to welcome students, faculty and staff who are registered to vote in St. Louis County. Polls are open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Also, join in a party with live music and free food.

Medicine

Understanding, treating pain, reducing opioid use, aim of $11.7 million grant

School of Medicine scientists have received a five-year $11.7 million grant to study human genes and nerve cells to better understand how cells transmit pain and to find new ways to treat it.

Engineering

Center for Biomolecular Condensates launches

Drawing with proteins in different stages of aggregation, from single protein to oligomer to cluster to condensate

A new multidisciplinary center focused on biomolecular condensates — distinct molecular communities that make up the building blocks of life — has launched at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Awards & Notables

Senior Miao elected to College Democrats board

Ranen Miao, a senior studying political science and sociology in Arts & Sciences, was elected to serve as national director of communications for the College Democrats of America.

Marketing

Twitter controversy highlights corporate brand risk

Twitter blue bird next to an Elon Musk tweet

If changes at Twitter conflict with businesses’ values, it’s time for companies to re-evaluate use of the social media platform, said Olin Business School marketing expert Michael Wall.

Space

Polarized X-rays reveal shape, orientation of extremely hot matter around black hole

New measurements from Cygnus X-1, reported Nov. 3 in the journal Science, represent the first observations of a mass-accreting black hole from the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, an international collaboration between NASA and the Italian Space Agency. The lead author of the new study is physicist Henric Krawczynski in Arts & Sciences.