Prison Education Project expands to women’s center

Since 2014, the WashU Prison Education Project has offered courses to incarcerated students at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, a men’s prison in Pacific, Mo. Last fall, the project expanded to the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Mo.

COVID patients’ plasma shows likelihood of severe illness

School of Medicine researchers have identified specific proteins that may help predict which COVID-19 patients may need to be placed on ventilators to breathe and which are most likely to die of the virus.

New book explores ways to combat economic injustice

How can the United States, one of the wealthiest nations, have the highest rate of poverty among industrialized nations? In the book “The Poverty Paradox,” renowned poverty expert Mark Rank, at the Brown School, offers a way to understand this puzzle.

Notables

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine, is to receive the 2023 Edwin G. Conklin Medal from the Society for Developmental Biology.

Research Wire

Shantanu Chakrabartty’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a method to better secure communications and transactions involving the Internet of Things, which includes car key fobs, fitness trackers and more.

Announcements

Take part in Active Transportation Month

As part of Active Transportation Month in April, the Sustainability, Parking & Transportation and Operations & Facilities Management offices are hosting commuter fairs and a commuter challenge to encourage low-carbon modes of transportation.