10.27.25
				Images from on and around the WashU campuses.
			
		
					
			Meet WashU’s Lego professor, a political scientist using animation to teach civics
				Dan Butler, a political scientist in Arts & Sciences, brings civic lessons to life through Lego bricks. He created a series of stop-motion videos that turn pop culture into lessons on the U.S. government for high school students.
			
		
					
			WashU Libraries updates tools offering free newspaper access
				WashU faculty, staff and students have access to a variety of local, national and international news publications, from The New York Times to The Chronicle of Higher Education, through the WashU Libraries system.
			
		
					
			WashU engineering alumni earn first prize at inventor’s competition
				Three engineering alumni who recently earned their degrees from Washington University in St. Louis won first place at the Collegiate Inventor’s Competition with a tool to help those with food allergies.
			
		
					
			Smyser named director of the Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology
				Christopher D. Smyser, MD, a renowned pediatric neurologist specializing in neonatal neurology and infant brain development, has been appointed director of the Division of Pediatric & Developmental Neurology in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine.
			
		
					
			Engineers create hydrogels to monitor activity in the body
				Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created injectable bioelectric hydrogels for use in monitoring biological activity such as heart rate. 
			
		
					
			Klinman recognized as outstanding early-career scientist
				Eva Klinman, MD, PhD, an instructor in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 STAT Wunderkind by STAT News for her exceptional contributions to understanding the mechanisms of brain aging and neurodegeneration. 
			
		
					
			WashU faculty research honored with ‘test of time’ award
				Computer science researchers at Washington University in St. Louis were honored for a paper that has made a longstanding impact on the field of embedded software.
			
		
					
			‘Really, really wrong’
				A mysterious plant revives a Skid Row flower shop. But with success come gruesome appetites. Welcome to “Little Shop of Horrors.” WashU’s Performing Arts Department will present the celebrated musical in Edison Theatre Oct. 24 to Nov. 2.
			
		
					
			Woodard elected to National Academy of Medicine
				Pamela K. Woodard, MD, head of the Department of Radiology and director of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at WashU Medicine, is among 100 new members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
			
		
					
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