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Obituary: Natalie Sorenson, engineering student, 18

Natalie Sorenson, a first-year student at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, died May 5, 2020. She died as a result of emotional challenges during lockdown for COVID-19. Natalie Sorenson was 18.

Malhotra elected president of sleep medicine society

Raman Malhotra, MD, associate professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a professional society dedicated to sleep medicine. He will serve as president-elect this year and take over as president in 2021.

Science & Technology

Using light’s properties to indirectly see inside a cell membrane

Using properties of light from fluorescent probes is at the heart of a new imaging technique developed at Washington University’s McKelvey School of Engineering that allows for an unprecedented look inside cell membranes.

Academics

Spilling ‘Boundaries’

Rob Morgan, in Arts & Sciences, shares the story of how he steered the Beyond Boundaries Program — in its first cohort in 2019-2020 — to roll with the challenges of COVID-19. Embracing resiliency and creativity, Morgan and the program pivoted, creating a podcast to bridge the digital divide.

Art & Design

The ABCs of art and politics

Acclaimed artist and author D.B. Dowd discusses art, politics and his new book, “A is for Autocrat.”

Chakrabarty receives grant to measure aerosol absorption associated with atmospheric warming

Rajan Chakrabarty, associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a $577,685 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for research to help improve existing measurement methodologies and algorithms for estimating aerosol light absorption and associated atmospheric warming. Chakrabarty’s lab will take a two-pronged approach: first, they’ll conduct laboratory-based […]

Wang receives grant to study impacts of aerosols on convective clouds

Jian Wang, professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received $412,895 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for research to help further our understanding of the impacts of aerosols on convective clouds. Aerosols could play a large role in convection and precipitation, and a fuller understanding of their relationship […]

Campus & Community