The Record

Student speakers to discuss the value of community

Graduating students Kendall Burks (left) and Elijah Darden will reflect on the importance of community in their remarks to the Class of 2025 at WashU’s Commencement today on Francis Olympic Field.

A faster route to eliminating parasitic infection endemic to Africa

A recent clinical trial led by WashU Medicine finds the anti-parasitic drug moxidectin, currently approved to treat river blindness, is also more effective for the infection lymphatic filariasis, another tropical disease, than the current standard.

Women’s Society presents leadership awards, scholarship

The Women’s Society of Washington University presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship to four exceptional students during its annual membership meeting this spring.

Ten College Prep Program grads secure spots at WashU

Ten of the 36 graduating high school seniors in WashU’s College Prep Program will attend WashU this fall, receiving a total of $820,000 in financial aid. Others have received offers from the University of Pennsylvania, Saint Louis University and more.

Notables

Computational imaging expert Ulugbek Kamilov has been installed as the inaugural Donald L. Snyder Career Development Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Notables

“Adam Pendleton: To Divide By,” an exhibition catalog published by WashU’s Kemper Art Museum, has been named best monograph of 2024 by the Midwest Art History Society.