Our people
Joe receives research honor
Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, received an honorable mention for the 2026 Excellence in Research Award from the Society for Social Work and Research.
Our expertise
Nasal vaccine combats bird flu infection in rodents
Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a nasal vaccine against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, which has jumped from wild birds to farm animals to humans. In rodents, the vaccine elicited a strong immune response and prevented infections in H5N1-exposed animals.
Closing the research-practice gap
WashU researchers urge institutions to reward implementation science that demonstrates benefit, improves health, reduces inequities and justifies research investment.
Our impact
WashU 1916 student film added to National Film Registry
Shot on WashU’s campus, the 110-year old film “The Maid of McMillan” is one of 25 films the Library of Congress added to the National Film Registry.
‘A crash course in WashU history’ — WashU Libraries digitize historic images
More than 6,400 historic images of WashU’s buildings, events and people are now available to view. The newly digitized photos run from the university’s founding in 1853 to 2007 and include valuable metadata, some of it pulled from handwritten notes scribbled on the back of the original photographs.
Videos
Komal Shah on ‘Making Their Mark’
Influential collector Komal Shah discusses “Making Their Mark.” Currently on view at WashU’s Kemper Art Museum, the exhibition places work by renowned figures such as Howardena Pindell, Joan Mitchell and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith in dialogue with contemporary practitioners such as Katharina Grosse, Lorna Simpson, Sarah Sze and Mary Weatherford.
