Cancer moonshot grant funds health disparities research

The School of Medicine has received a $17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address disparities in cancer research, treatment and outcomes in underrepresented populations.

Edmond, Reis to serve as co-interim deans of Brown School

Tonya Edmond, associate dean for social work and social policy, and Rodrigo Reis, associate dean for public health, have been appointed to serve as co-interim deans of the Brown School, Provost Beverly Wendland announced. Their appointments begin Jan. 1.

University partners with Sheldon for music series

Next spring, WashU’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity and its Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will partner with The Sheldon to present the fourth annual Whitaker World Music Series. Tickets go on sale today.

WashU Expert on why North American fall is so red

Each fall, the leaves of almost half of North America’s species of trees and shrubs turn red. Biologist Susanne S. Renner in Arts & Sciences helps explain why the North American fall is so red, compared with Europe, and also what fall foliage changes to expect with climate change.

Notables

Abram Van Engen, professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has won the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism.”

Research Wire

Aristeidis Sotiras, assistant professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use machine learning techniques in Alzheimer’s research.

Announcements

New dining option opens

Cafe Rosedale will open Monday, Nov. 15, at North Campus, offering breakfast and lunch options.