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Scientists collect ‘microbial fingerprints’ found in household plumbing

Environmental engineers at Washington University are working to document the microbial populations that live in household plumbing.

Awards & Notables

Student addresses economic inclusion of refugees with disabilities in The Lancet

Mustafa Rfat, a PhD candidate in social work at the Brown School, has co-authored a correspondence published in The Lancet calling on greater economic integration of refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities.

Medicine

WashU Medicine funded to develop new postdoctoral training program

Burel R. Goodin, a professor of anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has received more than $3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support postdoctoral training.

Athletics

National champs: Women’s soccer beats William Smith 3-0 for program’s second national title

The No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis women’s soccer team brought home the program’s second national title Dec. 8 at Peter Johann Memorial Field in Las Vegas with a 3-0 win over William Smith College. The Bears finished the season at 23-0-2, setting a new program record.

Awards & Notables

McBride honored for rural health advocacy

Tim McBride, the Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School, has received the 2024 Rural Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Missouri Rural Health Association. The honor recognizes outstanding contributions to health care in rural Missouri.

Students

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Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Ancient maize genomes help chart corn’s journey into eastern North America

The path maize took to reach eastern North America has long been debated. A new study in the journal Cell, co-authored by Gayle Fritz in Arts & Sciences, provides clear evidence that maize traveled across the Great Plains from the Southwest.

Awards & Notables

Mack was a Marshall finalist

Dylan Mack, a student at the McKelvey School of Engineering, was a finalist for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which funds graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

St. Louis Region

Starting anew: WashU’s Empower program helps educated refugees tackle language, career hurdles

Before they were refugees in St. Louis, they were economists, engineers or nurses. Now a new, no-cost program at Washington University in St. Louis is giving them next-level English and professional skills they need to find jobs that match their talents and training. Observers say the program is a win-win for refugees and the St. Louis region.

Cancer Research

Analyzing multiple mammograms improves breast cancer risk prediction

A new, artificial intelligence-based method of analyzing mammograms, developed by researchers at WashU Medicine, identified individuals at high risk of developing breast cancer more accurately than the standard, questionnaire-based method did.