Year: 2025

Rising WashU junior Madison Yue has won a prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York.

Two recent studies from researchers at WashU Medicine reveal that two vulnerable populations — children and recently pregnant women — face disparities in access to treatment for hepatitis C infection, putting them at risk of long-term health problems.

Scientists have discovered one way that a host plant can keep the peace among residents that might otherwise kill each other. The new research from biologist Susanne S. Renner, in Arts & Sciences, is published in Science.

This fall, WashU officially will welcome its inaugural class of students to the new School of Public Health — a full year ahead of schedule. Applications will open in September for the fall 2026 cohort.

The Brown School’s Vanessa Fabbre and Cal Halvorsen have been named 2025 Gerontological Society of America Fellows, while Nancy Morrow-Howell received the Barbara J. Berkman Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research, Practice or Policy in Aging and Health Care.

Associate Professor Chandler Ahrens has been named chair of graduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The new role took effect July 1. 

WashU Medicine researchers led by Siyuan Ding identified an immune-system protein in human cells that has the unusual capacity to respond to both DNA and RNA from pathogens, which may have implications for developing vaccines.

Shrinking public health budgets, fraying global cooperation and rising military spending threaten decades of momentum to make physical activity a cornerstone of disease prevention, a new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis has found.

Sandra Geary, a teacher of applied music and collaborative pianist in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, died June 23 following a short illness. She was 59.

The East End garage recently landed a new national certification for its sustainable features.