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History & Education

Walke speaks at World War II conference

Anika Walke
Historian Anika Walke, the Georgie W. Lewis Career Development Professor in Arts & Sciences, participated Nov. 15 in the Blavatnik Archive Foundation’s international virtual conference “Jewish Soldiers & Fighters in WWII.”
Law

Roe v. Wade reflects neutrality that Kavanaugh seeks

U.S. Supreme Court building
During oral arguments Dec. 1, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested the court should take a neutral position on the divisive question of abortion. In fact, Roe v. Wade does exactly that, says a School of Law expert on reproductive rights.
Engineering

Research sheds light on rotator cuff injuries

A team of researchers co-led by Guy Genin at the McKelvey School of Engineering has made a discovery about how tendon and bone attach in the shoulder joint, shedding light on rotator cuff injuries and how to treat them.
Awards & Notables

Zayed receives NIH grant

Mohamed A. Zayed, MD, PhD, associate professor of surgery and of radiology, received a four-year $2.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Psychology

Which mask is easier on the ears?

COVID-19 brought masks and with them, a host of questions about how they affect our day-to-day communications, including how well people wearing masks are understood.
Awards & Notables

Kommagani to research gut microbiota in endometriosis

Ramakrishna Kommagani
Ramakrishna Kommagani, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $1.9 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research endometriosis.
Performing Arts

‘Return’ to Edison

“Return,” the 2021 WashU Dance Theatre concert and the Performing Arts Department’s first fully staged dance production in nearly two years, will run in Edison Theatre Dec. 3-5.