Program aims to expand graduate student pipeline

The Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences has launched the WUSTEPS Pipeline Program, aimed at preparing undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for success in graduate programs.

Kidney tissue atlas helps understand injury, disease

Researchers at the School of Medicine helped lead a major study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), that uncovered rich diversity in healthy and diseased kidneys, creating a tissue atlas that will help further understanding of kidney injury and disease.

David and Lelia Farr receive Harris Award

David and Lelia Farr (center) have received the 2023 Jane and Whitney Harris St. Louis Community Service Award, which honors those who contribute to the betterment of the greater St. Louis community.

Notables

Raymond Arvidson, in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded an Outstanding Public Leadership Medal from NASA. The honor marks the culmination of a storied career in planetary exploration that goes back to the first Viking Mars landers in the 1970s.

Notables

David T. Curiel (left), MD, PhD, and Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD, both of the School of Medicine, have received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for their development of a nasal vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Notables

Srikanth Singamaneni, an internationally renowned materials scientist, has been named the Lilyan and E. Lisle Hughes Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Announcements

Bear Bucks changes announced

The Bear Bucks cashless account system has made changes and now can only be used at campus locations.