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New bioremediation material can clean ‘forever chemicals’

Image of foam in the street. In the background is a firetruck which ostensibly used the foam to put out a fire.

The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Joshua Yuan and collaborators have developed a plant-based material to help safely clean up harmful “forever chemicals.”

Awards & Notables

Head, Zacks to study aging, development

Denise Head, professor of psychological and brain sciences, and Jeffrey Zacks, associate chair and professor of psychological and brain sciences, both in Arts & Sciences, won a five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for work on aging and development.

Awards & Notables

DOLF Project’s role in effort to eliminate tropical disease recognized

The work of Washington University’s Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Project, which performs research in support of global efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, has been recognized with a Public Library of Science (PLoS) collection of publications.

Campus & Facilities

Flash flood impacts, responses

Brookings Hall at sunset

University leadership provides an update on how flash flooding impacted the campus community as well as resources available for those who are affected.

Campus & Community

7.27.22

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Awards & Notables

Mayer wins Best LGBTQ Film at Experimental Forum

“Philia,” a short film by rising senior Jack Mayer, has been named Best LGBTQ Film at the 2022 Experimental Forum in Los Angeles.

Awards & Notables

Chaudhuri recognized by Radiation Research Society

Chaudhuri

Aadel A. Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Washington University School of Medicine, will receive the 2022 Michael Fry Research Award from the Radiation Research Society.

Awards & Notables

PRC members participate in Lancet Global Health series on urban design

One of the top medical journals in the world, The Lancet Global Health, recently launched a new initiative focused on urban design, transport and health. Several members of the Brown School’s Prevention Research Center have taken on a lead role.

Divided City grant proposals due Sept. 7

The Divided City 2022 is currently accepting applications for both Faculty Collaborative Grants and Community Grants. Proposals are due Sept. 7.

Awards & Notables

Researchers to study cardiac disease pathogenesis

Washington University’s Michael Greenberg, Kory J. Lavine, MD. PhD, and Nathaniel D. Huebsch have received a three-year $300,000 grant from the American Heart Association to study the immune system in cardiac disease pathogenesis and repair.