The Record
Friday, May 2, 2025
Top stories
WashU launches campaign to address global challenges
WashU has launched an ambitious fundraising campaign to provide transformative solutions to society’s greatest challenges and to create new opportunities for students. It will focus on four areas: healthier lives, greater access, flourishing communities and future-ready leaders.
Two named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Two WashU faculty — physicist Carl Bender, PhD (left), and immunologist Marco Colonna, MD — are among nearly 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.
A neuro-quantum leap in finding optimal solutions
Computer scientist Shantanu Chakrabartty, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has developed a problem-solving architecture modeled on neurobiology that leverages quantum mechanical behavior to solve complex problems.
Social Post of the WeekEvery great story starts somewhere. Happy #DecisionDay!
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WashU in the News
News analysis: ‘Disrupt, break, defund’: Trump’s imperial first 100 days
Los Angeles Times
As breast cancer cases grow, deaths from the disease are declining
discover magazine
Trump’s brutal immigration agenda has no precedent
Huffington Post
WashU professor’s new book explores the history of Black people in baseball
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Campus and community news
The School of Law has recognized six alumni with 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards honor alumni who have obtained distinction in their careers while exemplifying leadership, commitment, courage and confidence.
The George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy celebrated WashU leaders and organizations making a difference on campus and in the community at the annual Excellence in Leadership Awards.
Perspectives
‘Cancer hijacks your brain and steals your motivation’
Adam Kepecs, a professor at WashU Medicine, writes about his new research in mice that reveals how cancer leads to a lack of motivation in patients, as well as some potential avenues for treatment.
the conversation
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Who Knew WashU? Question: The universitywide Commencement ceremony will take place May 12. What color of tassels signifies students graduating with bachelor’s degrees from Arts & Sciences? Answer: D) Academic regalia differs based on the level of degree as well as the particular school. Students earning bachelor’s degrees from Arts & Sciences have white tassels on their caps. Learn more about graduates’ dress on the Commencement website. Congrats to this week’s winner, Lexie Winnett, who works in Advancement and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag! |