Kreuter receives $1.9M to increase vaccinations locally

Matthew Kreuter, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School, has received $1.9 million in grants to help increase COVID-19 vaccinations among Blacks in the St. Louis area.

Triple-negative breast cancer deadlier for Black women

A study from the School of Medicine shows that African American women with triple-negative breast cancer have higher mortality than white American women with this aggressive tumor. The investigators call for more research to understand why.

A 67-year journey from first-year student to alum

When Henlay Foster first enrolled at WashU, Ethan Shepley was chancellor, Olin Library didn’t exist and the campus had, at long last, racially integrated. That was 1954. Now, Foster will graduate this week with a degree in music from Arts & Sciences at age 84.

Announcements

Get ready for Workday launch in July

The university’s future human resources and financial administrative system, called Workday, will launch July 1 as part of the multiyear MyDay program. Employees can begin learning everything they need to know and do ahead of the launch.

Notables

Dani Wilder, a December 2020 biology graduate of Arts & Sciences, will receive the Ralph S. Quatrano Prize. It is awarded to the thesis showing the greatest evidence of creativity in design, research methodology or broader scientific implications.

Research Wire

The Office of Naval Research is funding research led by Barani Raman at the McKelvey School of Engineering to put cyborg locusts’ sense of smell to the test.