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New course shows students how to use capitalism for good

First-year students discover that entrepreneurship isn’t just a way to make money — it’s also a set of tools that anyone can use to improve the world around them.

Campus & Community

Celebrating our community

In this issue, we celebrate our recent graduates and look at the many ways our students, faculty and alumni — through scholarship, pedagogy and community engagement — contribute to the greater good.

St. Louis Region

Meeting the complexities of the times, together

Washington University wants to not only be “in St. Louis,” but “for St. Louis.” With that call to action, the university is taking its commitment to be a good partner in the region to another level.

Medicine

COVID-19 dual-antibody therapies effective against variants in animal study

researchers prepare to work with SARS-CoV-2

New research at Washington University School of Medicine suggests that many COVID-19 therapies made from combinations of two antibodies are effective against a wide range of variants of the virus.

Awards & Notables

Wrighton receives LaunchCode Moonshot Award

Chancellor Emeritus Mark S. Wrighton received a 2021 Moonshot Award this month from LaunchCode, a St. Louis-based nonprofit focused on teaching people to code, in recognition of his work on the STL2030 Jobs Plan.

Awards & Notables

Bergom honored by Radiation Research Society

Carmen R. Bergom, MD, PhD, associate professor of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine, will receive the 2021 Michael Fry Research Award from the Radiation Research Society. The annual award recognizes a junior scientist who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of radiation research.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Crisis or momentary blip? Explaining inflation concern

Although most likely temporary, inflation expectations could become self-fulfilling prophesy, according to John Horn, professor of practice in economics at Olin Business School.

Physical Sciences

Buckley awarded $4.9 million to develop gamma ray astronomy mission

James H. Buckley, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, received a $4.9 million award from NASA to build a demonstration version of a large satellite experiment for gamma-ray astronomy research. Washington University leads the entire effort to develop the instrument, which is planned to launch on a scientific balloon in 2024.

Awards & Notables

Landry wins research fellowship

Michael Landry, the William Chauvenet Postdoctoral Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in Arts & Sciences, won a $150,000 postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He will work with Steven Frankel, assistant professor.

Awards & Notables

Iannotti speaks during UN nutrition event

Lora Iannotti, associate professor at the Brown School and an expert on maternal and child nutrition, spoke during a panel discussion in June about the launch of the UN Nutrition discussion paper on livestock-derived foods and sustainable healthy diets.