A resource for ‘accidental leaders’
With her new book, “Labwork to Leadership,” Jen Heemstra in Arts & Sciences aims to help create a healthier academic culture and support the next generation of leaders.
New career engagement, alumni center to honor late entrepreneur, WashU benefactor
The new home of the Center for Career Engagement and alumni welcome building at Washington University in St. Louis — set to open in early 2027 — will be named the Neil S. Hirsch Center in recognition of a pledge to support the facility from Hirsch’s widow, Laura DeLuca Hirsch, through the Neil S. Hirsch Foundation.
Brennan honored for excellence in engineering education
The American Society for Engineering Education has awarded Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, the Ray W. Fahien Award for early-career excellence in chemical engineering education.
Lessons from the pandemic: Distress puts limits on compassion
Psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis studied how pandemic stresses affected decision-making in different age groups — findings with implications for public health messaging.
Recent track standout Kelley wins NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
WashU graduate and women’s track and field standout Emma Kelley has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
Synthetic torpor has potential to redefine medicine
Hong Chen, a biomedical engineer at WashU, shares the potential for using synthetic torpor technology to develop new treatments for a range of illnesses and injuries.
Red and blue churches? Repealing Johnson Amendment would have disastrous effect
A new federal government interpretation allowing churches to endorse political candidates will cause division in churches and sets the stage for the U.S. government to favor politically aligned religions, says Mark Valeri, an American religious historian at Washington University in St. Louis.