Finding a job in the AI era
As artificial intelligence reshapes job applications, WashU career expert Casey Jenkerson advises job seekers to use authentic language, build networks early and focus on essential skills. She also warns against dishonest AI tactics and emphasizes the importance of human connection in hiring.
Rural America Beyond the Caricature
How can we transcend politics and economics when thinking about rural America? How might policymakers better focus on rural aspirations rather than on rural decline? WashU’s Sandro Galea and USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discuss the very construct of the urban–rural divide.
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
‘Hair is my identity’: Sam Fox fashion designer sells textured-hair products from Village vending machine
Zariah Taylor, a senior and Sam Fox School fashion design student, has launched TheHairVault, a vending machine for textured-hair products, in the Village, with support from the Skandalaris Center’s Student Enterprise Program.
Entrepreneurial engineer
A scholarship and engaged professors accelerated Michael Lefenfeld’s success and motivate him to support WashU.
Valuable currency
Jen Roth, a partner at Goldman Sachs, began her successful business journey at WashU.
‘Buy now, pay later’ may reshape retail prices, inventory, WashU research 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.
FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease
The biomarker test, called PrecivityAD2, was developed from technology invented at WashU Medicine by Randall J. Bateman, MD, and David M. Holtzman, MD.
Why first-year students should visit the campus career center
WashU career expert Norma Guerra Gaier explains why students should engage with their career center early and often; how career centers have evolved in this challenging economy; and why your major matters less than you think.
WashU announces new academic-industry collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb
WashU and Bristol Myers Squibb have formed a multiyear collaboration to advance drug development projects in the neurosciences. WashU medical and research trainees will have opportunities to work alongside the company’s scientists at its facilities as part of the agreement.
Kouvelis featured during FreightWeekSTL 2026
WashU Olin Business supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis explains how the St. Louis region has emerged as a competitive hub for companies navigating global supply chain disruptions.
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