Month: May 2023

George Pepe, who taught in the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences for more than 50 years, died May 2 while in hospice near his home in San Diego. He was 83.

New research from Arts & Sciences is among the first to provide concrete evidence that paternity leave policies can lead to more gender-equal attitudes — especially among those directly impacted by the policy.

Jr-Shin Li, a professor of systems science and mathematics at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named the Newton R. and Sarah Louisa Glasgow Wilson Professor of Engineering.

Researchers have published a new set of reference human genome sequences that reveals far more genomic diversity from different populations of people than was available previously. The School of Medicine serves as the national coordinating center for the program, called the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium.

Rohit Pappu at the McKelvey School of Engineering received a National Science Foundation grant to study the impact of charge regulation on intrinsically disordered proteins.

Olin Business School honored seven outstanding alumni for their service to the school, thought leadership, business acumen and impact at two awards ceremonies in April.

The Whittemore House will be open to non-members during Commencement weekend. The club will serve lunch Friday and Saturday and a prix fixe dinner at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m Saturday.

Paul Taghert, a professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, received an Outstanding Investigator Award of nearly $2 million from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to study how the circadian clock orchestrates multiple biological cycles that operate at different phases.

Six exceptional undergraduates were recognized with Department of Biology awards, including a new prize named in honor of Garland Allen, who advocated for racial and gender equality in the biological sciences.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.