Year: 2025

A new study from WashU Medicine examines the choices healthy research volunteers make when given the opportunity to learn their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease dementia.

Simone Biles, widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, will deliver the May 12, 2025, Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

WashU senior Kate Farmer has received the Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowship for Excellence in Journalism. In her new role, Farmer will write editorial features for The Wall Street Journal.

Danforth Campus employees at Washington University in St. Louis can purchase a 2025-26 Danforth Campus parking permit and register for a Metro U-Pass beginning at 10 a.m. May 21.

Researchers at WashU Medicine conducted a study to understand the genetic factors behind a pediatric brain tumor. Their findings could lead to new targeted therapies.

Seniors Basma Daham, Autumn Kim, Angelina O’Brien and Lillith Streett, in Arts & Sciences, were named winners of the Department of Biology’s annual awards.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has announced the theme for its 2026 James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture. The competition, which will mark the Steedman’s 100th anniversary, invites early-career architects from around the world to investigate and reimagine the fundamental systems, facilities and services that underlie contemporary life.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

The McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has announced its recipients for the 2025 alumni awards.

WashU Medicine researchers led by Polina Lishko have identified a temperature-controlled switch in mouse sperm that changes their movements. The findings may offer new approaches for contraception and infertility treatment.