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New Alzheimer’s treatment targets identified

A research team at Washington University School of Medicine has identified potential new treatment targets for Alzheimer’s disease, as well as existing drugs that have therapeutic potential against these targets.

Awards & Notables

Four physician-scientists named Dean’s Scholars

The Division of Physician-Scientists at the School of Medicine has selected four physicians for its second class of Dean’s Scholars. The program provides up to two years of financial support and mentorship to aspiring, early-career physician-scientists, along with dedicated time for conducting laboratory research.

Campus & Community

Ching, Sinopoli to study brain dynamics, learning

A multidisciplinary team led by McKelvey School of Engineering researchers will probe the dynamic brain cell mechanisms on which artificial intelligence is based with a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Army.

Art & Design

Kemper Art Museum wins $75,000 grant from Andy Warhol Foundation

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University has received a $75,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. to support a major new installation by artist Nicole Miller.

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Advancement

Bauers’ generous gift will establish leadership academy for Danforth Scholars

George and Carol Bauer, longtime generous benefactors of Washington University in St. Louis, have made a $6 million commitment to establish a new leadership and character development initiative at the university.

Diversity & Inclusion

University recommits to American Talent Initiative

Washington University has renewed its commitment to the American Talent Initiative’s Accelerating Opportunity campaign, a nationwide effort to graduate an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students from ATI member colleges and universities by 2025.

Appointments & Promotions

Acree appointed interim co-director of race, equity center

William Acree, professor of Spanish in Arts & Sciences, has been appointed interim co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2) at Washington University. Acree has served as a CRE2 associate director since the center’s founding in 2019.

Biology

Male dragonflies lose their ‘bling’ in hotter climates

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences led by Michael Moore, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative, finds that dragonfly males have consistently evolved less breeding coloration in regions with hotter climates.

Science & Technology

Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth

Overlay of the Carina nebula on a piece of meteorite

Researchers examine a 4.6 billion- year-old rock to better understand the solar system’s beginning, and a modern mystery.