Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain

Researchers at the School of Medicine have found important clues to how people make choices involving obtaining information about the future. The scientists identified a set of mental rules that governs decision-making about rewards.

Gateway STEM students visit campus for Kolbert Q&A

For years, Gateway STEM High School students have read Pulitzer Prize-winning climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert. On Feb. 12, they got to meet her at a special science storytelling program sponsored by WashU’s Climate Across Curriculum program.

Machine learning can help optimize resource sharing

Researchers at Olin Business School used a machine-learning model to test a better system for sharing medical supplies such as ventilators across the country in an emergency. Their work was published in the journal Annals of Operations Research.

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Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD (left), in the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness/American Macular Degeneration Foundation Catalyst Award.

Notables

The Association for Psychological Science has recognized three faculty members in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences — Calvin Lai and Renee Thompson (right) as fellows and Jessie Sun as a “rising star.”