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Medicine

Cooper named fellow of American Society for Cell Biology

John Cooper

John Cooper, MD, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolfe Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected a fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.

Campus & Facilities

Dedicated home for Arts & Sciences to break ground in spring

rendering of garden level view in new Arts & Sciences building

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the first building on the Danforth Campus dedicated to Arts & Sciences took place Oct. 8. The building will house some of the school’s premier departments and programs and serve as a cornerstone for scholarly and educational partnerships with other schools and units across campus.

Students

Danforth Task Force on Climate and Culture releases report

Brookings Hall with fall leaves

A task force composed of faculty, staff and students charged with evaluating the interactions between faculty mentors and their graduate and professional students or postdoctoral fellow mentees at WashU recently completed its report and made recommendations.

Awards & Notables

Prestigious NIH Director’s awards go to three WashU faculty

collage of three headshots of Hong Chen, Adam Kevecs and Maria Catalina Camacho

Three researchers from Washington University have received highly competitive and prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s awards totaling $10 million over five years.

Awards & Notables

Ross honored by Association of American Medical Colleges

Will Ross

Will Ross, MD, the associate dean for diversity and the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine at WashU Medicine, has received the 2024 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Underwater caves yield new clues about Sicily’s first residents

WashU archaeologists in cave

Archaeological surveys led by scientists at WashU suggest coastal and underwater sites in southern Sicily contain important clues that could reveal how modern human ancestors migrated to the island.

Neuroscience & Memory

WashU scientist talks neurons on educational podcast

"Craneo" podcast art

A top educational Spanish language podcast for kids recently featured Allison Martinez Mejia, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at Washington University.

Students

Supporting student mental health during the election

2022-11-08--during the WashU Party at the Polls in front of the WU Athletics Complex on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kirk Dougher, associate vice chancellor for student support and wellness at WashU, explains what colleges are doing to help their students during this fraught election season and what steps students can take to better cope.

Students

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Staff appreciation game

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Potential of mindfulness to enhance cognitive health in Latinx older adults being studied

A group of people standing on a brick plaza hold hands up as a they do mindfulness movement at a university public space

WashU researchers have received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to explore the potential for mindfulness approaches to protect against dementia in groups of older Latinx adults.