School of Law tax clinic helps woman keep her home

Students and faculty working with the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at the School of Law were able to help a St. Louis woman reduce her tax debt and keep her house.

LeBoeuf named inaugural Buchheit Professor

Robyn LeBoeuf, a professor of marketing and co-vice dean of faculty and research at Olin Business School, was installed as the inaugural Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Distinguished Professor during a recent ceremony.

$1M grant to create hydrogen fuel from sunlight, water

A research group led by chemist Robert Wexler, in Arts & Sciences, has received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design materials that can harness solar thermal energy to produce hydrogen fuel from water.

Notables

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist in pediatric immunodeficiencies and immune dysregulation, has been named director of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine.

Notables

Anthropologist Crickette Sanz (second from right) in Arts & Sciences was honored with the Saint Louis Zoo’s 2023 Conservation Award, which recognized her work with David Morgan (right) to help ensure the long-term survival of chimpanzees and gorillas in the Congo Basin.

Announcements

Funding available for sustainability projects

The WashU Sustainability Fund has launched to provide funding to WashU community members for small-scale sustainability projects.

Kathleen K. Dixon, emeritus instructor in physical therapy

Kathleen K. Dixon, a retired emeritus instructor in the Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine, died Nov. 5 at a retirement center in Richmond Heights, Mo., following a long illness. She was 90. There will be a memorial gathering Dec. 9 on the Medical Campus.