The Record
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025
Top stories
Team secures $3.6M grant to investigate flooding health risks
Funding from the National Science Foundation will enable researchers across many disciplines at WashU to advance ongoing research into the damaging health effects of repeated flooding in Metro East communities.
Personalized brain modeling to predict antidepressant response
Neuroscientists, clinicians and engineers at WashU seek to develop personalized medicine strategies for refractory depression that would tailor drug dosage based on a patient’s age, genetics, health conditions, brain dynamics and neural circuits.
Events
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OCT 1 |
Active Transportation Month beginsWednesday, Oct. 1 |
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OCT 2 |
College Transit Challenge9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 |
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OCT 4 |
Fall breakSaturday, Oct. 4– Tuesday, Oct. 7 |
WashU in the News
How is climate change impacting fall foliage?
Time
Legal experts say Trump’s indictment of Comey is a test of justice
Los Angeles Times
Tennessee Supreme Court questions lawyer licensing in age of artificial intelligence
WKRN-TV (NAshville)
Building youth team sports as a public health strategy for suicide prevention may be in the playbook
HEC MEdia
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Campus and community news
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts has named Andrew Witt the inaugural Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor, a role that focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence with art, architecture and design, effective Jan. 1.
Emergency communication test set for Oct. 7
The university plans to test WashU Alerts, its emergency communication system, at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7. The test will encompass all WashU Alert modes.
Perspectives
‘Why there won’t be a Charlie Kirk of the left’
Ryan Burge, of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, discusses in a Q&A how the religious backgrounds of members of the Democratic Party differ greatly from those in the Republican Party and the challenges that presents to party leaders.
The New York Times