Class Acts: Hongzhe (Zachary) Wen
During his time at WashU, Hongzhe (Zachary) Wen, a senior majoring in finance and financial engineering at Olin Business School, built a trove of academic research that demonstrates the potential for integrating digital assets into the financial mainstream while addressing associated risks.
Applications open for AI research fellowships
Applications are open for the AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program, which connects leaders of early AI startups to resources. It’s open to faculty, students and researchers from WashU and other institutions that recently launched Third Coast Foundry. The deadline is Friday, May 1.
Class Acts: ‘Sri’ Gopalsamy Ramaswamy
At WashU, Sri Gopalsamy Ramaswamy combines public health and business to examine why care falls short — and how to design solutions that reach patients.
Class Acts: Dierdre Lockette
Dierdre Lockette grew up passionate about writing, but sensible about her financial future, so she chose a career in accounting. Three decades later, Lockette is completing her undergraduate degree from the WashU School of Continuing & Professional Studies, where she has discovered a new passion: research.
Looser mortgage lending rules, regulation will destabilize financial system
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump threatens to destabilize the financial system by reducing lending regulations and rolling back oversight, according to Brittany Lewis at WashU Olin Business School.
Entrepreneurship hall of fame launches
The Skandalaris Center has established the WashU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Nominations for the inaugural class are open until May 4.
2026 Olin Award recognizes continued excellence in AI research
This year’s Olin Award winner is Xiang Hui, who studied how an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can improve outcomes in the real estate market for buyers and sellers. It’s one of many AI-focused research projects making an impact at Olin.
WashU Venture Network awards investments
The WashU Venture Network has awarded four St. Louis startups its annual Follow-on Investments.
AI and Creativity
What does AI mean for the future of human creativity? Janet Rafner of the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, an expert in hybrid intelligence and human–AI co-creativity, joins Sandro Galea to discuss AI’s role in the creative space.
Janet Rafner
Trade, Tariffs, and Globalization
What role do tariffs play in today’s global economy and how could tariffs shape the future of international trade? The University of Chicago’s Robert Gulotty, an expert in international relations and political economy, joins WashU’s Sandro Galea to discuss how systems of trade could contribute to global cooperation in the 21st century.
Robert Gulotty
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