Kerschensteiner to research visual pathways

Kerschensteiner
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study visual pathways.

Harris wins Horizon Award

Jamie Harris, a graduate student in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a Horizon Award for Emerging Artists as part of Ascend 2021, the National Black Arts Festival.

Catalano wins NSF grant

Jeffrey G. Catalano
Jeffrey Catalano, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $295,464 major research instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a laboratory-based X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy instrument.

Achilefu earns grant to study imaging goggles

Samuel Achilefu, the Michel M Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research imaging techniques during surgery.

Senior Kuziez named Marshall Scholar

Abdullah Kuziez 
Senior Abdullah Kuziez, 21, has received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which provides American students the opportunity to earn an advanced degree in the United Kingdom. Kuziez plans to study biomedical engineering at the University of Oxford as part of his ongoing search for cancer treatments that are both effective and accessible.