The Record

WashU Medicine surgeons perform breakthrough robotic transplant

WashU Medicine’s Adeel Khan, MD, and Jessica Lindemann, MD, PhD, worked together to perform the combined surgery — the world’s first-reported robotic transplantation of a liver and a kidney.

‘Buy now, pay later’ may reshape retail prices, study finds

New research from WashU Olin Business finds popular installment payment plans are changing not only how consumers pay, but also the prices they face and the way retailers manage their businesses.

Some assembly required, with machine learning

WashU researchers are working on ways to use machine learning to not just make predictions about potential chemical compounds but also to model out the synthesis of those materials.

Arts & Sciences welcomes new faculty members

Nearly 30 new researchers and instructors have joined departments across Arts & Sciences this fall, with research interests ranging from mathematical biology to connections between religion and race, and relationships and health.

Notables

Recent WashU Brown School graduate Mustafa Rfat is a 2026–27 Clifford Roberts Fellow. The prestigious fellowship recognizes doctoral students whose research reflects President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s legacy of leadership and service.

Research Wire

WashU Medicine’s Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD, has received a $1.9 million grant from the Leducq Foundation to help lead an international collaboration aimed at identifying new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease.