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HR offers class for staff on effective habits

The Office of Human Resources is offering a virtual four-part class for staff titled “Creating Habits That Stick.” Each session lasts an hour; the first will be May 27.

Students

Libraries’ Neureuther essay contest winners named

University Libraries has selected the winners of the 2021 Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. It offers first and second prizes to undergraduate students and graduate students who write short essays about their personal book collections.

Awards & Notables

Entrepreneurship awards announced

The Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently announced the results of two major competitions.

Biology

Brood X cicadas emerge in a rapidly changing world

Periodical cicadas are above ground for only a handful of days every 17 years. Human-induced rapid environmental change is altering the world they will briefly encounter, according to Brett Seymoure, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in St. Louis.

Medicine & Health

Finding alternatives to traditional antibiotics aim of $11 million grant

Researchers at the School of Medicine have received an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to find new ways to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

Engineering

Wastewater treatment system recovers electricity, filters water

Cover image of Environmental Science, Water Research & Technology shows illustration of microbial fuel cell that also filters wastewater.

A new system developed in the lab of Zhen (Jason) He uses bacteria to filter wastewater while creating electricity.

Students

Student move-out donation drive underway

As the academic year winds down, it’s time again for students to move out for the summer. The Office of Sustainability, along with several campus partners, has organized a move-out donation program, “Share Our Stuff,” to keep reusable goods out of landfills.

Awards & Notables

Darcy receives Gold Medal from interventional radiology society

Michael D. Darcy, MD, professor of radiology and associate professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded a Gold Medal from the Society of Interventional Radiology.

Awards & Notables

Bose, Meacham receive Defense Department grant

The Department of Defense has awarded Mark Meacham and Arpita Bose a three-year $600,000 grant. The researchers will work to understand extracellular electron uptake in bacteria.

Students

Class Acts: The champions for health equity

Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of medicine candidates from the School of Medicine, and Keishi Foecke, who is set to earn an undergraduate degree from Arts & Sciences.