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E-scooters banned from campus pathways, sidewalks

In an effort to support the safety of the Washington University in St. Louis community, electric scooters, motorized skateboards and hoverboards will no longer be permitted on Danforth Campus sidewalks and pathways. Also, university employees are prohibited from using scooters or other motorized transportation devices during work hours while conducting university business.

Science & Technology

Light-activated nanoheaters may control nerve cells, locust mind

Engineers from the McKelvey School of Engineering want to know if they can use nanotechnology to control neurons and parse the relationship between neural activity and behavior and disease.

Emergency communication system to be tested Sept. 16

Washington University will test its emergency communication system at noon Monday, Sept. 16. These tests ensure the university can effectively communicate with the community in an emergency. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or another emergency is occurring at that time.

Finance

In India, riots have lasting impact on how loans are made

Riots that resulted in anywhere from 10 to 1,000-plus deaths in their hometowns ultimately influenced lending decisions among hundreds of loan managers in India — and the effect endured for decades, reveals a new study involving Washington University in St. Louis. The research shows a country’s ethnic fissures can create crevasses in its road to economic progress.

Campus & Community

Preparation underway for inauguration of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin

The inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis will take place Oct. 3 in a daylong, communitywide celebration.

Campus & Community

Picture yourself part of the inauguration celebration

The Washington University in St. Louis community — students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends — is invited to become a part of the Oct. 3 inauguration of Andrew D. Martin by submitting group photos and greetings. Here’s how to participate.

Parking & Transportation announces new bike policy

Students who bring a bicycle to the Danforth Campus are strongly encouraged to register it for free with Parking & Transportation Services.

Science & Technology

Chakrabarty wins Schmauss award for aerosol research

Rajan Chakrabarty, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received the 2019 Schmauss Award from the German Association for Aerosol Research (Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung) at the European Aerosol Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.

White Fear, Black Grief, and the Horrors of Being Put in a Box: A Conversation with “Luce” Filmmaker Julius Onah and Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr.

This is the kind of film that demands that viewers stop making excuses for themselves.

Tang receives NIH grant for research to advance link between diabetes and back pain

Simon Yue-Cheong Tang, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the School of Medicine and of biomedical and mechanical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “The role of physiologic and pathologic AGEs on RAGE signaling in IVD degeneration.” The findings could […]