The Washington University Board of Trustees elected a new chair along with several new members at its spring meeting May 6, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, professor at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Neuronal mechanisms of good-based economic decisions.”
What are Washington University in St. Louis students doing during reading week? Junior Amanda Sherman hits the Danforth Campus to find out. Along the way she meets students who have scored big summer internships, performed in campus shows and survived organic chemistry.
Vijay K. Samineni, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Two students from the McKelvey School of Engineering were honored at a joint conference of the American Water Works Association and the Missouri Water Environment Association.
Parking and Transportation Services shares end-of-year updates, including parking and shuttle changes due to Commencement, Danforth Campus parking permit availability for WashU faculty and staff, summer shuttle schedules and more.
Brett Drake, an expert on child welfare, has been installed as the inaugural Professor of Data Science for the Social Good in Practice at the Brown School.
Fred Ssewamala, the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School, along with colleagues, has received $5.7 million in two separate grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work in sub-Saharan Africa.
Three science writers in Medical Public Affairs at the School of Medicine were honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for writing excellence at the organization’s recent Group on Institutional Advancement’s annual meeting.
Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD, a renowned researcher in molecular parasitology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.