Campus & Community

WashU is again hosting a recycling drive for old or broken holiday lights. The annual drive runs through Jan. 16.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 5, numerous faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure, with most taking effect that day unless otherwise indicated.

Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, a nationally recognized leader in bone biology research at WashU Medicine, died Dec. 15 in St. Louis. He was 87.

A University Marketing & Communications team at Washington University in St. Louis won a 2025 Regional Emmy Award, and received an additional nomination, from the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Biologist Toby Pennington recently was installed as the inaugural David and Dorothy Kemper Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Trish Kohl, a professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as a 2026 fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

ShiNung Ching, an expert in neuroengineering, has been named chair of the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

WashU is accepting applications for its innovative College Prep Program, a no-cost, multi-year program that prepares first-generation, limited-income students for college. CPP scholars take college courses, prepare for the ACT, learn about the financial aid process and visit nearby universities and cultural institutions.

Ron Himes, the Henry E. Hampton Jr. Artist-in-Residence in Arts & Sciences and founder of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, has won a Lifetime Achievement Award from New York theater group AUDELCO.

Benjamin Garcia, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the WashU Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, has received the American Chemical Society’s 2025 Saint Louis Section Award.