Month: April 2023

Workday Student, the system that will replace the majority of WashU’s student information systems, including WebSTAC and WUCRSL, is on track to go live over the course of the 2024-25 academic year.

Pamela K. Woodard, MD, a national leader in cardiothoracic imaging, has been named head of the Department of Radiology, director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Radiology at the School of Medicine.

The 40th annual Brown School Awards of Distinction were presented April 13 at City Foundry STL. The event honored e​ight individuals who work t​o create positive change for people around the globe.

Dayna S. Early, MD, a professor at the School of Medicine, will receive the 2023 Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Ning Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to address threats to the availability of cyber-physical systems, like the systems behind self-driving cars or energy production pipelines.

The pre-nursing program at University College gives School of Medicine employees and other working adults the academic foundation to enter a bachelor’s of nursing program. The program is flexible, feasible and for most university employees, free. 

The seventh annual Wealth & Asset Management Research Conference — a collaboration between Olin Business School, Edward Jones, CFA Society–St. Louis and Dimensional — will take place May 3 and 4. 

Sang-Hoon Bae, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering, won an award from Samsung’s Global Research Outreach Program to explore next-generation semiconductor materials and fabrication.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Patrick White, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2023 Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.