The Record

‘Pirates’ of the Caribbean: The luck and pluck of three-legged lizards

Researchers from WashU and the Georgia Institute of Technology study lizards who have lost limbs to understand the forces of natural selection — and why those lizards appear to be resilient.

Analysis of 4M-year-old bone shows how earliest ancestors moved

A new study from Arts & Sciences, published in Communications Biology, presents compelling evidence to support the theory that humans evolved from an African ape-like ancestor.

Puram named head of otolaryngology

Sidharth Puram, MD, PhD, a distinguished physician-scientist specializing in head and neck cancer surgery, has been named the head of the Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine.

Notables

The College Writing Program in Arts & Sciences recently celebrated the 2025 winners and finalists of the James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize.

Notables

Fuzhong Zhang, a renowned expert in synthetic biology, has been named the Francis F. Ahmann Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering.