Taylor family student success center to set ‘new standard’

Emeritus trustee Andrew Taylor and his wife, Barbara, have made a $15 million commitment to establish the Taylor Family Center for Student Success. The center will connect students to resources, a community of peers — and access to social capital.

Wide smiles, victory dances, air kisses at Match Day

Revelry mixed with reverence March 17, as 105 doctors in training at the School of Medicine celebrated Match Day, an annual ritual in which graduating medical students learn where they will train as medical residents.

Stickiness may determine how influenza spreads

Michael Vahey, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will investigate how influenza virus proteins contribute to the spread of infection with a five-year nearly $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Notables

Lingxiu Dong, a professor who studies supply chain management at Olin Business School, has been installed as the Frahm Family Professor of Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology.

Notables

Three early-career scientists who have conducted their research at the School of Medicine — Abby Margaret Green, MD (left); Parker C. Wilson, MD, PhD (center) and Jing Hughes, MD, PhD — have been honored with the Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation.  

Announcements

WashU wins College Transit Challenge

WashU faculty, staff and students logged the most trips on MetroLink and Metro buses during the College Transit Challenge among five local colleges and universities March 3-10.