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Helping autonomous vehicles, robots make better plans

A researcher at the McKelvey School of Engineering is working to improve the way autonomous vehicles make decisions, and the way they relay that information.

Health & Society

Environmental racism in St. Louis

Black St. Louisans are exposed to considerably greater environmental risks than white residents, contributing to stark racial disparities regarding health, economic, and quality of life burdens, finds a new report prepared by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic (IEC) at Washington University School of Law.

Arts & Culture

‘it comes and it goes’

Artist Anne Schaefer, a 2001 alumna of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, discusses “it comes and it goes,” a new 12-panel mural she recently installed in the school’s Anabeth and John Weil Hall.

Mattar named a chair of group aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance

Caline Mattar, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been appointed a chair of the Expert Advisory Group for the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub.

Health & Society

Zika diagnostic test granted market authorization by FDA

A test for signs of Zika infection has been granted market authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. The test is based in part on an antibody developed by researchers at the School of Medicine.

Science & Technology

Monitoring bridge safety with wireless sensors

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Michigan State University are testing innovative sensors on Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge that are powered by traffic vibrations and could detect bridge failures before they happen.

Thompson receives grant to study African American breast cancer patients and caregivers

Tess Thompson, research assistant professor at the Brown School, has received a five-year, $728,000 grant from the American Cancer Society for a research project titled “Analyzing Outcomes for African American Breast Cancer Patients and Caregivers.”

Rood gives keynote at ostomy conference

Richard P. Rood, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the School of Medicine, gave the opening keynote address at the United Ostomy Association of America’s national conference Aug. 7 in Philadelphia.

Operations & Strategy

Corporate America endorses responsibility, values

CEOs belonging to the Business Roundtable publicly committed to corporate responsibility to society as a whole, “a huge statement from one of the most influential groups in American business,” says a Washington University in St. Louis expert in values-based business.

Health & Society

Arthritis-causing virus hides in body for months after infection

Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed a way to fluorescently tag cells infected with chikungunya virus. The technique opens up new avenues to study how the virus persists in the body and potentially could lead to a treatment.