Astronaut Jemison to give Commencement address

Mae Jemison, an engineer, physician and the first woman of color to travel into space, will deliver the 2022 Commencement address at Washington University, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. The universitywide ceremony will be May 20 on Francis Olympic Field.

Physicians, researchers, families fight rare disease

A young patient with a rare disease — a genetic syndrome associated with a mutation in the DNMT3A gene — has helped School of Medicine researchers learn more about not only his condition but about acute myeloid leukemia.

Patients want AI, doctors to work together

Interdisciplinary Washington University research finds patients may be OK with artificial intelligence playing a role in medical diagnostics. The findings were published as a comment paper in the journal Nature Medicine.

Research Wire

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, won a $190,388 supplemental award from the National Science Foundation for his project “Molecular mechanisms for signal-receptor functional coupling in phenomenal systems.”

Notables

Farshid Guilak, the Mildred B. Simon Research Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and co-director of the Washington University Center for Regenerative Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Announcements

State of the University address available online

The 2022 State of the University address is available to view online; all students, faculty and staff are encouraged to watch.