Long-COVID clinic expands reach to vulnerable areas

A collaboration led by the School of Medicine aims to advance long-COVID care in medically vulnerable and underserved communities in the St. Louis metropolitan region and in rural Missouri. The WashU team won a five-year federal grant totaling $4.5 million.

Mapping soundscapes everywhere

Nathan Jacobs at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a new framework for predicting the types of sounds that are likely to be heard at a given geographic location. Soundscape mapping has applications in urban planning, noise management and more.

WashU Expert on political discussions at the holidays

Planning to stay mum around the holiday table when the subject of politics comes up? Political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, says it’s better to have open, respectful conversations with one another — especially with those who have opposing viewpoints.

Notables

Lora Iannotti, a professor at the Brown School, has received the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab.

Notables

The Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium, organized by Roya Beheshti Zavareh, Matthew Kerr and Wanlin Li in Arts & Sciences, brought about 150 mathematicians to campus in early November. The group is supported by the National Science Foundation.

Research Wire

The Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences at the School of Medicine has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Education that combined will provide over $2.3 million in support of its graduate training programs.

Harry Kisker, former dean of students, 80

Harry Kisker, a former vice provost and dean of students at WashU for nearly two decades, died peacefully Nov. 14 in Los Angeles, surrounded by family. He was 80. Kisker is credited with creating the vibrant undergraduate experience that continues at WashU today.