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08.17.22

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Andrew Jordan: using economics to improve criminal justice

Economist Andrew Jordan in Arts & Sciences uses data analytics to uncover potential bias in the criminal justice system by studying the decisions made by courts, police and prosecutors.

Economy

Comparing annual inflation changes each month can distort reality

Abstract art with different percentages, numbers and the word inflation

John Horn, an economics expert at Olin Business School, explains the math of inflation and why focusing on the annual rate of change, rather than month-to-month inflation changes, makes an already bad situation look worse.

Awards & Notables

Safer lithium-based batteries focus of new study

Peng Bai at the McKelvey School of Engineering has received a $355,630 grant from the National Science Foundation to study safer batteries.

Chemistry

Sugar metabolism is surprisingly conventional in cancer

A study in Molecular Cell led by chemist Gary Patti in Arts & Sciences shows that cancer cells don’t want to waste glucose, they just consume it too quickly. The discovery was made possible with metabolomics, which allowed Patti and his team to observe the speed at which small molecules move through cells.

Awards & Notables

DiPersio receives award recognizing contributions to cancer care, research

John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD, the Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Endowed Professor of Oncology and director of the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named by OncLive as part of the Giants of Cancer Care inductee class of 2022.

Awards & Notables

Henriksen wins Office of Naval Research grant

Erik Henriksen, associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, received a three-year $599,784 grant from the Office of Naval Research for his research project on topological qubits.

Awards & Notables

Katz named 2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar

Elizabeth Katz, associate professor of law at Washington University School of Law, has been selected as the 2021-2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar in Gender & Law by Pace University for her paper “Sex, Suffrage, and State Constitutional Law: Women’s Legal Right to Hold Public Office.”

Awards & Notables

Atkinson, Wingfield receive faculty achievement awards

Adia Harvey Wingfield, in Arts & Sciences, and John Atkinson, at the School of Medicine, will receive Washington University’s 2022 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.

Climate & Environment

Squirrels and the city

Postdoctoral fellow Elizabeth Carlen examines the influence of urbanization on the evolution of eastern gray squirrel. (Photo: Tom Malkowicz)

Examining the influence of urbanization on the evolution of eastern gray squirrel