Author: Kelly Wiese Niemeyer

The Office of Recreation is hosting a variety of outdoor BearFit classes this summer on the third floor of the Snow Way parking garage. Anyone with a WUSTLkey can register and participate.

As of June 1, Parking and Transportation Services has moved to open park operations. Parking is complimentary in visitor and yellow designated parking spaces. Normal operations will resume Aug. 16.

Peter M. Burgers, at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $3.5 million renewal grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research titled “Mechanisms of DNA replication and maintenance in eukaryotes.”

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin addressed the Class of 2020 at their delayed Commencement ceremonies May 30.

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Delayed by a year, students who graduated in 2020 will finally get their chance on Sunday, May 30, to experience the time-honored tradition of walking in their Washington University Commencement. More than 1,300 members of the Class of 2020 will be back on campus for the ceremonies.

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a medical honor society that advances research by physician-scientists.

Hani Zaher, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, won a four-year $1.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project titled “Reading Frame Maintenance by the Ribosome during Stalling.”

Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine.

National Basketball Association great and social justice advocate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivered the 2021 Commencement address to Washington University graduates.