Month: December 2024

WashU Medicine has received renewal of a prestigious National Cancer Institute grant. Led by Daniel Link, MD, it provides funding for translational research into new therapies for patients with blood cancers.

WashU senior Emma Lembke, 22, has earned a spot on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” social media list. Lembke co-founded  Log Off, an organization for and by teens who want to raise awareness about social media’s impact on mental health.

Biologists in Arts & Sciences found that 57% of their samples of weedy rice collected in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana were resistant to herbicides.

Jeffrey Camille, a senior studying global studies and women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences at WashU, has been named a recipient of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship.

Leopoldo J. Cabassa, a professor at the Brown School and co-director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research, has been selected to present the 2025 Aaron Rosen Lecture at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference in Seattle.

In recognition of a $50 million gift from Andrew and Barbara Taylor, the neurosurgery department at WashU Medicine has been named the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery.

Glioblastoma is an aggressive, incurable brain cancer that is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that glioblastoma has an internal clock and syncs its daily rhythms to match — and take advantage of — the rhythms of its host.

Graduating WashU senior Breanna Yang has cared for patients in St. Louis Children’s Hospital, conducted research at WashU Medicine and founded a nonprofit to help sick children. Yang is among the 1,500 graduating students who will be celebrated at Saturday’s December recognition ceremony.

Mark Figueroa, assistant director of the Taylor Family Center for Student Success, has been recognized as an “emerging new professional” by NASPA, the nation’s leading organization for student affairs administrators. 

Researchers at Washington University are looking to find new ways to design vaccines to protect against inflammation in the brain that causes dementia.