Seven faculty honored with Emerson teaching awards
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Seven faculty honored with Emerson teaching awards

November 9, 2021

Seven faculty members across four undergraduate schools at Washington University in St. Louis have been honored with 2021 Emerson Electric Co. “Excellence in Teaching” awards.|Seven faculty members across four undergraduate schools at Washington University in St. Louis have been honored with 2021 Emerson Electric Co. “Excellence in Teaching” awards.

Huang, Whitaker win national landscape architecture honors
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Huang, Whitaker win national landscape architecture honors

November 9, 2021

Weicong Huang and John Whitaker from the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, have won national honors from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).|Weicong Huang and John Whitaker from the Master of Landscape Architecture program in the Sam Fox […]

Jha’s NIH grant to support cancer research
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Jha’s NIH grant to support cancer research

November 9, 2021

Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality among all cancers in the United States. About 85% of newly diagnosed lung-cancer cases are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), of which up to half are stage 3 at time of diagnosis. Long-term outcomes are poor at this stage, with only 5%-10% of the patients with stage […]

Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant
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Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant

March 3, 2021

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an eight-year $8.8 million grant to study cells’ ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles.|Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an eight-year $8.8 million grant to study […]

Africa Initiative awards new round of pilot grants
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Africa Initiative awards new round of pilot grants

February 28, 2021

The university’s Africa Initiative recently received more than two-dozen proposals from faculty as part of its call for proposals to fund research projects on the continent.|The university’s Africa Initiative recently received more than two-dozen proposals from faculty as part of its call for proposals to fund research projects on the continent.

Weisensee receives NSF CAREER Award
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Weisensee receives NSF CAREER Award

February 28, 2021

Patricia Weisensee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a $557,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.|Patricia Weisensee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has […]

Martin receives AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award
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Martin receives AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

October 15, 2020

Randall Martin, an internationally renowned atmospheric and aerosols scientist at Washington University in St. Louis’ McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).|Randall Martin, an internationally renowned atmospheric and aerosols scientist at Washington University in St. Louis’ McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the […]

Dutton and Riker win Golden Colophon award
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Dutton and Riker win Golden Colophon award

October 12, 2020

Dorothy, the small-press publishing project led by Danielle Dutton, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and Martin Riker, senior lecturer in English, has won a Golden Colophon award for Paradigm Independent Publishing from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP). Dutton and Riker will receive the […]