COVID-19 infection linked to higher risk of neuropathy

School of Medicine researchers have found that many people who tested positive for the coronavirus early in the pandemic also experienced peripheral neuropathy — pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet — during and following their bouts with COVID-19.

Project explores acts of love and resistance

Segregation has shaped St. Louis as surely as the waters of the Mississippi River. In “The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson,” 18 scholars follow that troubled course through physical traces, oral histories, fragmented communities and continuing grassroot struggles.

ICHAD receives $5M NIH grant for global health training

The International Center for Child Health and Development at the Brown School has received a five-year $5 million Launching Future Leaders in Global Health training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Notables

Joseph P. Culver, the Sherwood Moore Professor of Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the School of Medicine, has been named director of the Biophotonics Research Center in the Division of Radiological Sciences.

Research Wire

Kristin Van Engen in Arts & Sciences received a grant from the National Science Foundation to research and better understand communication when accents are involved.

Announcements

Campus Earth Week runs through April 9

The Office of Sustainability offers this guide to events during the month of April — including activities at the Burning Kumquat garden, free lectures and film screenings, recycling and clean-up events and more. Many on-campus events take place this week.

Announcements

Parking provides spring update

The university’s Parking and Transportation team shares the latest updates, including upcoming high-traffic events that could impact parking and Active Transportation Month celebrations.