The Record

No such thing as presidential ‘removal power’ in early America

A new paper from WashU Law’s Andrea Katz, an expert on constitutional law and presidential power, disputes a longstanding claim that America’s founders agreed that the president holds an unrestricted power to fire executive officials.

Cancer startup founded by WashU researchers acquired

Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH (left), and Shu (Joy) Jiang, PhD, at WashU Medicine, created Prognosia, which harnesses AI-driven software to analyze mammograms to improve breast cancer risk prediction. Tech company Lunit has acquired it.

Sam Fox School launches local Design Openings project

The Sam Fox School is launching Design Openings. In collaboration with the Kranzberg Arts Center and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, the initiative invites interdisciplinary St. Louis design teams to animate public life in the Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood.

Research Wire

Computer science researchers including Christopher Gill (left) and Chenyang Lu, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, were honored for a paper that has made a longstanding impact on the field of embedded software.

Notables

Eva Klinman, MD, PhD, an instructor in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine, has been named a 2025 STAT Wunderkind by STAT News for her exceptional contributions to understanding brain aging and neurodegeneration.