The Record
Friday, March 27, 2026
Top stories
Eleven WashU faculty members elected to AAAS
Eleven WashU faculty members are among the new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.
On Match Day 2026, medical students celebrate their next steps
At the annual milestone event, WashU Medicine’s graduating class learned where they will begin their residency training. In all, WashU Medicine students matched to 61 hospitals across 26 states.
WashU Expert: Sports betting is ‘all around us, all the time’
Sports betting is “all around us, all the time,” says Arts & Sciences’ Noah Cohan, who studies sports and fan cultures. As March Madness continues, Cohan discusses online gambling’s rise, the formative impact of fantasy sports and more.
Events
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MAR 27 |
African Film FestivalFriday, March 27– Sunday, March 29 |
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MAR 30 |
Symposium on self-organization in physiology and disease8 a.m. Monday, March 30–2 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 |
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MAR 30 |
‘Causes and consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war’5:30–7:30 p.m. Monday, March 30 |
Social Post of the WeekClass of 2026, are you ready to watch what happens?!
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WashU in the News
What anesthesia does to the brain, according to new study
Time
Law schools launch loan programs to fill funding gap
Inside Higher Ed
Red meat allergy on the rise in Missouri, but more data needed
St. Louis post-dispatch
New clinical trial at WashU to investigate connection between GLP-1s, muscle loss
Ladue News
Campus and community news
Sarah Ackerman, at WashU Medicine, is a winner of the Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. Fellows receive $250,000 annually for three years to focus on a deeper understanding of the brain and cognition.
WashU Arts & Sciences biologists Toby Pennington and Jonathan Myers contributed to an ambitious study on South America’s tropical forests, revealing important shifts in biodiversity.
Perspectives
Postdoc Kurbak writes about emotional roots of war in Ukraine
Maria Kurbak, a postdoctoral associate in WashU Arts & Sciences, has published “Destructive Imagination.” The book explores how historical fantasies, which bind private grievance to collective myth, have shaped Russia’s war against Ukraine. Read about this and other titles on the Source Bookshelf.
Source Bookshelf