Month: February 2022

The Parking and Transportation team at Washington University in St. Louis provides an update as the spring semester gets in full swing.

Ryan Valdez, a graduate student working with Petra Levin in Arts & Sciences, won a $105,033 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to promote diversity in health-related research.

Garrick Ohlsson is a “marvel of virtuosity” (New York Review of Books). Kirill Gerstein is “one of today’s smartest musical thinkers” (Limelight.) On Feb. 27, these renowned pianists will join forces for a special one-night-only performance at Washington University in St. Louis.

Alumna Merissa Nathan Gerson has written a heartfelt roadmap to help us navigate the tumultuous, uneven, often unacknowledged terrain of death and loss.

Professor Gerald Early writes about discovering Sidney Poitier when he was 8 years old. “Poitier’s character made me proud to be an American,” Early writes.

The Maid of McMillan, a silent film from 1916, captures university history on and off the screen.

Medical trailblazer Victoria Fraser, MD, focuses on creating equity in academic medicine.

Health-care workers at the Washington University School of Medicine have contributed greatly to regional and world health during the pandemic, and we owe them so much appreciation.

With creativity and determination, alumna Jillian Shatken is leading her fashion line, Saylor, toward a most important trend: sustainability.

Kendall Gretsch, a 2014 graduate of the McKelvey School of Engineering in biomedical engineering is on her way to becoming a summer — and winter — Paralympic legend.