The Record

WashU enrolls more low-income, but fewer Black students

In the first class since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions, a WashU administrator reports on, and offers context about, the makeup of the Class of 2028.

Brown School adds faculty

Five new faculty members have joined the Brown School for the 2024-25 academic year, helping to advance research in global health, socioeconomic disparities, health equity and more.

New head of developmental biology named

Noted developmental biologist Andy Groves has been named head of the Department of Developmental Biology at WashU Medicine. Groves studies development of the inner ear, with the goal to spur new treatments for hearing loss.

Research Wire

Courtney Reichhardt, in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pursue projects on fibrillar adhesins, which bacteria use to stick to each other.

Notables

Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named the school’s inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice.

Announcements

WUPD launches texting service to gather feedback

In an effort to better serve the WashU community, the Washington University Police Department is sending text message surveys after some service calls. They are short and voluntary.