Our people
Janie Brennan
Trained as an engineer, Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at the WashU McKelvey School of Engineering, now builds courses instead of machines. She’s using her classroom to peel away systemic and cultural barriers to engineering.
Our expertise
Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective, clinical trial finds
Opeolu Adeoye, MD, head of emergency medicine at WashU Medicine, led a national clinical trial that found two anti-coagulant medications are ineffective at improving post-treatment outcomes for stroke patients.
Colleges work to increase voter turnout
Stephanie Kurtzman of WashU’s Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement explains how schools are preparing for the upcoming election and whether campus protests will impact student voting.
Our impact
WashU partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri to support students
WashU has launched a new partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri to support high school students in the organization’s Big Futures college readiness initiative.
WashU enrolls more limited-income, first-generation students; share of Black students decreases
In its first class since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions, Washington University in St. Louis reports the percentage of first-year students who are from rural communities, low-income or the first in their families to attend college has slightly increased. However, WashU saw a 4 percentage-point drop in first-year students who identify as Black/African American, while the percentage of Asian, white and Hispanic students stayed relatively steady.
Videos
Field Notes: South Pacific
WashU earth scientists in Arts & Sciences are mapping Earth’s interior and analyzing lava rocks from a volcanic hotspot near the islands of Samoa.
