Campus & Community

School of Medicine employee Juaun Bean will earn two degrees from University College on May 20, the day before his 30th birthday. As father to two young children, he has typed papers with one hand while feeding a baby with the other and spent countless hours studying with a tiny body affixed to his chest.

McKelvey School of Engineering senior Elizabeth Saliba is committed to designing a more sustainable future. During her time at Washington University, she has helped design modular classroom prototypes for an elementary school south of St. Louis and a net-zero energy occupational therapy clinic to be built on Delmar Boulevard.

At the end of high school, twins Akhil and Rohith Kesaraju were ready to go their own ways. Then they visited Washington University, and everything changed. Now, preparing to graduate, the Kesaraju twins have grown both apart and together on parallel paths of service and research.

Alivia Kaplan founded Kuleana Consulting, a global consulting company that connects students with businesses across the globe. She is set to earn a bachelor’s degree in economics and strategy from Olin Business School on May 20.

The Washington University Board of Trustees elected a new chair along with several new members at its spring meeting May 6, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, professor at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Neuronal mechanisms of good-based economic decisions.”

What are Washington University in St. Louis students doing during reading week? Junior Amanda Sherman hits the Danforth Campus to find out. Along the way she meets students who have scored big summer internships, performed in campus shows and survived organic chemistry.

Vijay K. Samineni, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Two students from the McKelvey School of Engineering were honored at a joint conference of the American Water Works Association and the Missouri Water Environment Association.

Parking and Transportation Services shares end-of-year updates, including parking and shuttle changes due to Commencement, Danforth Campus parking permit availability for WashU faculty and staff, summer shuttle schedules and more.