Year: 2025

A new and improved Mudd Field is coming to WashU in 2028. The space soon will be lined by shade trees and will feature a new “social green,” a shady retreat for students to swing on hammocks and relax between classes.

Flint Fowler, a strong champion for St. Louis’ young people and a WashU alumnus, will receive the annual Rosa L. Parks Award at the 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20. On the Medical Campus, Kemi Doll, MD, will discuss racial inequity in cancer care Friday, Jan. 24.

Sir Stephen Hough, a “keyboard colossus” (The Guardian) and “a pianist of great subtlety” (New York Times), will perform music of Cécile Chaminade, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin for WashU’s Great Artists Series Feb. 2.

Research from WashU Medicine found a possible new treatment strategy for certain types of blood cancers.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition.

Washington University researchers plan to use advanced math to better understand and control biological systems, specifically our body’s internal clock, possibly leading to better treatments for sleep-related issues.

A new study by Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

A phase 1 clinical trial co-led by researchers at WashU Medicine found that a new type of cell-based immunotherapy was safe for patients with several types of B-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

Emmanuel Pahud, “one of today’s most dazzling interpreters of the 20th-century flute repertoire” (BBC Music Magazine), and pianist Alessio Bax, one of “the most remarkable young pianists now before the public” (Gramophone), will launch WashU’s 2025 Great Artists Series Jan. 23.