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Obituary: Cindy Lynn Norman, longtime Brown School staff member, 50

Cindy Lynn Norman, business office operations supervisor at the Brown School, died in her sleep on July 15, 2020. She was 50. Norman had worked at Washington University for 26 years.

Science & Technology

WashU-developed holograms help physicians during cardiac procedure

A holographic display developed by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis improves physician accuracy when performing a procedure to treat irregular heartbeat.

Medicine

Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

To help efforts to find drugs and vaccines for COVID-19, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine developed a hybrid virus that will enable more scientists to enter the fight against the pandemic. The researchers genetically modified a mild virus.

Zacks receives NIH grant to study ways to improve memory in early Alzheimer’s disease

Jeffrey Zacks, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, received a nearly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of a multiyear project titled “Improving Everyday Memory in Healthy Aging and Early Alzheimer’s Disease.”

Norwood named to ‘Most Influential Business Women’ class of 2020

Kimberly Norwood, the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law, has been named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s “Most Influential Business Women” class of 2020.

Trump has the worst record at the Supreme Court of any modern president

As Americans lose confidence in democratic institutions at the national level, the country’s least democratic branch of government looks better and better.

Reminders about upcoming Aug. 4 primary

The Gephardt Institute reminds the campus community about the upcoming Missouri election Aug. 4. Those who wish to vote absentee or by mail must request a ballot from their local election authority by Wednesday, July 22.

Center for Humanities awards graduate student fellowships

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has awarded six 2020-21 graduate student fellowships. Disciplines range from literature to languages to anthropology.

Organizational Behavior

Why dreaming at work may be good for your career

Two researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and another from Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile found that daydreaming carries significant creative benefits, especially for those who identify with their profession and care for the work they do.

Gross receives NIH grant to support biomedical projects

Michael Gross, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences and of immunology and internal medicine in the School of Medicine, received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a biomedical mass spectrometry resource and ongoing biomedical projects.