Mellon Mays program welcomes new cohort

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program at WashU has been a positive force for diversity in humanistic research. The program celebrates its 30th class of fellows in 2022. Many of the new fellows’ projects will emphasize social justice and diversity.

Researcher calls for academics to write differently

Erik Dane at Olin Business School says it’s time for academic writing to change. In an article in AACSB International, he writes that authors need to produce scholarship that audiences will enjoy. More understandable writing can serve readers and academics’ careers, he argues.

Medieval superstition in the age of science

In the book “Blood Inscriptions: Science, Modernity, and Ritual Murder at Europe’s Fin de Siècle,” Hillel Kieval, in Arts & Sciences, explores how the medieval concept of blood libel put Jewish men on trial for murders that they did not commit.

Notables

David S. Leonard, MD, has been selected to lead the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the School of Medicine. His new appointment began in March.

Research Wire

Alvitta Ottley, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use a $528,223 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop personalized visual analytic tools.