As COVID surged, health communication lab stepped up

The Health Communication Research Laboratory at the Brown School took quick action in response to multiple challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic surged. The team worked with community partners and used rapid research to address urgent needs.

Cruchaga named Morriss Professor at medical school

Carlos Cruchaga (center), a pioneer in the use of human genomic data to understand the biology of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, has been named an inaugural Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Professor at the School of Medicine.

WashU Expert: Primary voting is ‘civic duty’

Want more moderate candidates? Increasing voters’ participation in primary elections is one of the most effective ways to combat hyperpartisanship, said Daniel Butler, an expert in American politics in Arts & Sciences. Missouri holds its primary Tuesday, Aug. 2.

Announcements

Updates on flooding impact

University leaders provide an update on how flash flooding has impacted campus operations, including mail and parking services.

Notables

Alvitta Ottley, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, recently received the Young Researcher and Best Short Paper awards at the EuroVis annual visualization conference.

Notables

The work of the university’s Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis Project, which performs research toward efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, has been recognized with a Public Library of Science collection of publications.

Notables

Video communications projects produced by University Marketing and Communications have been recognized with eight Silver Telly Awards, which honor excellence in video across all platforms.