The university’s interdisciplinary Center for Quantum Sensors aims to harness the power of quantum mechanics to detect and decipher some of the universe’s greatest mysteries. The effort is timely as Congress recently approved a federal program supporting the development of quantum technologies.
Michelle Purdy, assistant professor of education in Arts & Sciences, received the 2019 new scholar book award from the history and historiography division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for her book “Transforming The Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools” (University of North Carolina Press, 2018).
Mycobacterium tuberculosis cause the most lethal infectious disease in the world. Researchers at the School of Medicine and Umea University in Sweden have found a compound that can prevent and even reverse antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis bacteria.
Andrea Soranno, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.19 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute on Aging for his research titled “Conformational and functional analysis of Apolipoprotein E.”
U.S. News explained that its goal in moving to the new scale was to rank more schools and provide better understanding of the scope of the differences between schools. Yet when there is strong evidence that many raters may cue off a school’s overall reputation and not independently assess the quality of its specialty program.
The William Greenleaf Eliot Society held its 52nd annual dinner April 18 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in honor of Washington University’s group of committed supporters. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton also presented the Search Award to Life Trustee Andrew C. Taylor.
Once undocumented, Brown’s Robert Sagastume is advocating for policies and laws that will help immigrants access higher education. Expanded access is a win-win for us all, Sagastume says. “Latinx people are very community oriented and often pursue careers in nursing and teaching — positions that are going unfilled in our state. Why wouldn’t you want to leverage all of that potential to benefit our state?”
James Schisler grew up 100 miles west of St. Louis in St. James, Mo., population 4,216. When only one-fifth of his high school class returned to college their sophomore year, Schisler was determined to find out why. He believes cohort programs, like the ones he belonged to, can help rural students access the support and resources they need.
Ron Cytron, professor of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a nearly $150,000 grant from the Mozilla Foundation to investigate the study of ethics and responsibility in computer science. The grant will allow researchers in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering to introduce two courses: Introduction to Computer Science (CSE 131) […]
