The Record

Commencement speakers reflect on their time at WashU

Graduate student speaker Sejal Popat (left) and undergraduate student speaker Mason Shaver will address fellow graduates today at WashU’s 165th Commencement ceremony. Here, they look back on their journeys to and through WashU.

Analysis reveals AI’s impact on research, journals

As editor-in-chief of Organization Science, WashU Olin Business School’s Lamar Pierce is sounding the alarm about the increasing strain on the peer review system caused by artificial intelligence and university incentives.

Stem cell transplant shows promise for aggressive blood cancers

A new study led by WashU Medicine researchers shows that, for blood cancer patients, a genetically engineered stem cell transplant helps prevent toxic side effects and may improve therapies’ effectiveness.

How to build a discovery machine

WashU McKelvey Engineering researchers have mapped out how to create artificial intelligence machines for solving problems with potentially trillions of complicating factors.

Notables

Cal J. Halvorsen (left), an associate professor at the WashU Brown School, will step into a new leadership role this summer as co-director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging.

Notables

Michael Strawbridge, an assistant professor of political science in WashU Arts & Sciences, is among 24 scholars named 2026 Andrew Carnegie fellows by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Notables

Three WashU undergraduates — Nitzia Y. Davalos Reyes (left), Ren Klein and Carlos Madrid — have been selected for the 2026 Gyo Obata Fellowship program. The paid 10-week internships aim to foster the next generation of arts administrators.

Christopher J. Moran, MD, professor emeritus of radiology, 78

Christopher J. Moran, MD, a professor emeritus of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died April 30 of cancer. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Saint Louis Abbey Church in Creve Coeur, Mo.