Month: April 2022

The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Philip Bayly and a team of collaborators will study the mechanical causes behind traumatic brain injury using models and images.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor still draws upon inspiration imparted by her mother and grandmother, she told a crowd of more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff during a question-and-answer session April 5 in the Field House.

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her groundbreaking, richly layered depictions of queer life and family relationships, will receive the 2022 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU’s Deana Barch will use a $753,181 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand healthy neurodevelopment.

WashU and St. Louis business communities are invited to Olin Business School’s inaugural Brauer Lecture Series event, which will focus on how to find fulfillment through work within the free-enterprise system.

Alvitta Ottley, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use a $528,223 National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop personalized visual analytic tools.

The WU Dance Collective, the university’s repertory dance company, will return to Edison Theatre with “Redux,” a collection of nine new and classic works by faculty, student and alumni choreographers.

For much of the last decade, DakhaBrakha has been sounding alarms at the rising tide of political violence. On Wednesday, April 13, these global ambassadors for Ukrainian culture will visit St. Louis for two appearances co-sponsored by The Sheldon and Washington University.

Gut microbiome pioneer Jeffrey Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine, is the 2022 Senior Scientist Winner of the Innovators in Science Award. The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the field of gastroenterology.

Liberty Vittert, professor of practice of data science at Olin Business School, was recognized by Poets & Quants for her engaging teaching style and ability to bring real-life examples to the classroom.