Cross-Campus Collaborations

Nine multiyear clusters received funding for research and learning collaborations that bring together faculty from at least three distinct units, undergraduate and graduate students, and potential external partners.

Immersive Technology Collective

Faculty leads: Elizabeth Hunter, Performing Arts; Ulug Kuzuoglu, History; Seth Graebner, Romance Languages & Literatures/Global Studies

Mindfulness Science and Practice

Faculty leads: Todd Braver, Psychological & Brain Sciences; Ron Mallon, Philosophy; Diana Parra Perez, Brown School; Erik Dane, Olin Business School

The St. Louis Policy Initiative: Segregation, Public Health, and Environmental Policy

Faculty leads: Andrew Reeves, Political Science; Scott Krummenacher, Environmental Studies; Matthew Gabel, Political Science; Elizabeth KorverGlenn, Sociology

The Storytelling Lab: Bridging Science, Technology, and Creativity

Faculty leads: Jeff Zacks, Psychological & Brain Sciences; Ian Bogost, Film & Media Studies/ McKelvey School of Engineering; Colin Burnett, Film & Media Studies

Toward a Synergy Between Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience

Faculty leads: Ralf Wessel, Physics; Keith Hengen, Biology; Likai Chen, Mathematics & Statistics

Trust and Public Health

Faculty leads: David Carter, Political Science; Matt Gabel, Political Science; Jimin Ding, Mathematics & Statistics; Mark Huffman, School of MedicineInternal Medicine/Global Health Center

Next Frontiers in Radiochemistry: Personalized Medicine for Infectious Diseases

Faculty leads: Timothy Wencewicz, Chemistry; Petra Levin, Biology; Manel Errando, Physics; Dan Thorek, School of Medicine - Radiology; Deborah Veis, School of Medicine - Pathology & Immunology

Police Body Camera Metadata

Faculty leads: Andrew Jordan, Economics; Christopher Lucas, Political Science; Soumendra Lahiri, Mathematics & Statistics

The Human-Wildlife Interface: Disease Dynamics and Pandemic Prevention

Faculty leads: Krista Milich, Anthropology; Michael Landis, Biology; David Wang, School of MedicinePathology & Immunology

Volcano hunting on Venus

Planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn have created the most comprehensive map of Venus volcanoes — more than 85,000 of them. Byrne, associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences, and Hahn, a graduate student, used radar imagery from NASA’s Magellan mission to catalog volcanoes across the planet, including the circular corona volcano shown here. Corona volcanoes are especially intriguing to researchers because they could be active. Hahn and Byrne also paid particular attention to smaller volcanoes (less than 3 miles across), the most common volcanic feature on the planet. Their new dataset, hosted at WashU, is publicly available for use by other scientists.

30 Miles artsci.wustl.edu/Venus

Learn more about Byrne and Hahn's research.