Astronomers unveil first image of Milky Way’s black hole

Michael Nowak, research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, is part of the global research team that shared the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.

Stop-smoking program for cancer patients effective

Researchers at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the School of Medicine have found a way to help more patients who want to stop smoking. They identify smokers when they visit their oncologists and offer help with quitting during such visits.

Poll: Abortion ruling leak did little to change voters’ plans

A forthcoming study conducted by researchers at Olin Business School and UCLA suggests the recent leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion did not significantly influence how Americans intend to vote.

WashU Experts on conflict-related sexual violence

Russia’s war in Ukraine has displaced millions, most of them women and children. This mounting crisis suggests that conflict-related sexual violence, which has been reported in Ukraine, requires urgent action, say WashU experts on refugees and displaced populations.

Notables

The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Chenyang Lu, a preeminent expert in cyber-physical systems, and his co-authors received the 2021 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium Influential Paper Award for work on real-time wireless sensor networks.

Research Wire

Vijay K. Samineni, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Announcements

Flags lowered in memory of those who died of COVID-19

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff until sunset today in memory of the 1 million Americans who have died of COVID-19.