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John and Alison Ferring receive Harris Award

John and Alison Ferring were honored with the 2022 Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award in June.

Cigarette smokers who try to quit often end up vaping and smoking

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that as people who smoke cigarettes attempt to quit, some move to e-cigarettes, but such people often become dual nicotine users, smoking and vaping. Researchers found that smoking-cessation treatments can help such users quit.

Awards & Notables

Ottley receives awards at EuroVis 2022

Professor Alvitta Ottley with her 2022 EuroVis Young Researcher Award

Alvitta Ottley, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, recently received the Young Researcher and Best Short Paper awards at the EuroVis annual visualization conference. The awards recognize Ottley’s research in creating personalized and adaptive visualization systems.

Campus & Facilities

Arts & Sciences provides building updates

Arts & Sciences recently released updates about its new building, which will be constructed in the center of the Danforth Campus.

Climate & Environment

The birds and the bees — and the temperature gauge

Animals will often put their lives on the line for reproduction, even if it comes at the cost of being the wrong temperature. New research from biologist Michael Moore in Arts & Sciences could help reveal the pathways that organisms might take as they adapt to a warming world.

Disparity

Goldbach wins $3M NIH grant to study violence in LGBTQ adolescents

Jeremy Goldbach, the Masters & Johnson Distinguished Professor in Sexual Health and Education at the Brown School, has received a five-year $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand intimate partner violence among LGBTQ adolescents.

Awards & Notables

Atkinson honored by American Society of Hematology

The American Society of Hematology has honored John Atkinson, MD, the Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, for his significant contributions to the field of hematology.

Chemistry

Barnes wins grant to expand architectures of interlocking molecular rings

Jonathan Barnes, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, won a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate and expand efficient methods for synthesizing catenane-based polymers and networked materials.

Politics

Primary voting is ‘civic duty’

Want more moderate candidates in the general election? Increasing voters’ participation in primary elections is one of the most effective ways to combat hyperpartisanship, says Daniel Butler, an expert in American politics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Physical Sciences

NSF funds training program to boost regional quantum workforce

The National Science Foundation is investing $3 million in a new graduate student training program for aspiring scientists and educators who want to explore careers in quantum science at St. Louis-area research laboratories, private companies and other facilities.