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CAPS helps veteran teachers thrive in high-need classrooms

The School of Continuing & Professional Studies, in collaboration with partner Teach St. Louis, is opening up its Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning program to veteran teachers who work in high-need classrooms.

Architecture

Ahrens, Vale, Van Dyck Murphy named Exhibit Columbus research fellows

Three faculty members from WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — Chandler Ahrens, Constance Vale and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy — have been named University Design Research Fellows for the 2024-25 cycle of Exhibit Columbus.

Medicine

Optimizing labor induction focus of WashU Medicine grant

Nandini Raghuraman, MD, and Antonina Frolova, MD, PhD, at WashU Medicine, have received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study contractions during labor induction.

Nutrition & Wellness

Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities

structures of the bacterial version of a gut enzyme (left), and the human version

WashU Medicine researchers have discovered a gut bacterial enzyme with previously unknown metabolic capabilities that is associated with the growth benefits of a food therapy for malnourished children.

Awards & Notables

Carlen wins Association for Women in Science award

Biologist Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, received a 2024 Spark Award from the Association for Women in Science. The Spark Award highlights students or early-career leaders in STEM who are visible and vocal advocates for diversity and inclusive scientific practices.

Students

St. Louis Fellows Program accepting student applications

Members of the St. Louis Fellows Program visited Cherokee Street where they met with local leaders, explored different stores and restaurants and toured the exhibit, “Considering St. Louis," at the Luminary. (Photo: Scott Allen/WashU)

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at WashU invites undergraduate students to apply for the summer 2025 St. Louis Fellows Program.

Medicine

Implantable device may prevent death from opioid overdose

implantable device that can detect an overdose and rapidly deliver naloxone.

A team from WashU Medicine and Northwestern has developed an implantable device that, in animal studies, can successfully detect an opioid overdose and administer a lifesaving drug.

Medicine

Immunotherapy blocks scarring, improves heart function in mice with heart failure

images of heart muscle scarring after cardiac injury

A new study from WashU Medicine researchers finds that a type of immunotherapy — similar to one approved by the FDA to treat inflammatory conditions — may be an effective treatment strategy for heart failure.

Awards & Notables

Engineering students selected for prestigious fellows program

Two WashU PhD candidates have been selected for the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. Graduate Student Fellows Program. The students, Allison Martinez Mejia and Gerson Moreno Romero, are both studying biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Students

WashU to host election panels, lectures

A veteran reporter who has covered presidential candidates from John McCain to Hillary Clinton;. the founder of the National Voter Protection Action Fund; and a leading expert on Missouri ballot measures are among the speakers who will participate in election-related events in coming weeks.