The Record
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Top stories
ChatGPT can level the playing field for retail investors
A new study co-authored by Olin Business School’s Xiumin Martin has found that artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are shrinking the information gap between sophisticated institutional investors and some retail traders in the financial markets.
How researchers can influence policy today
University researchers can play a vital role in shaping policy — when they combine solid science with smart communication, compelling stories and political awareness. WashU policy expert Ross Brownson explains how.
Events
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APR 23 |
Big Ideas pitch event2–4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 |
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APR 24 |
McDonnell Distinguished Lecture: ‘Unveiling the invisible universe’7 p.m. Thursday, April 24 |
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APR 25 |
Conference on economics, finance of health care8:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Friday, April 25 |
WashU in the News
Cuts hit Illinois city plagued by sewage
NPR Illinois
Wildfire chasers at WashU discover potent climate-warming organic particles
HEC Media
He types, he reads, he doesn’t sleep. And it’s all for legendary Jewish St. Louis author Stanley Elkin
St. Louis Jewish Light
Campus and community news
James L. Gibson, in Arts & Sciences, leads a new ranking of most productive political scientists in North America and around the world, published by the American Political Science Association.
Feng Jiao, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will receive a mid-career award from American Chemical Society.
Flags lowered in memory of Pope Francis
The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of Pope Francis. The pope died April 21 at age 88.
In memoriam
Brad Warner, professor of pediatric surgery, 66
Brad Warner, MD, a beloved pediatric surgeon and researcher at Washington University School of Medicine who specialized in gastrointestinal surgery in children, died at his home April 4. He was 66.