Campus & Community

A special collection looking back at top WashU images from 2024.

New milestones, new discoveries, new faces and a new (albeit very old) name — 2024 was a terrific year for WashU. Here, the Source looks at some of the most-read stories of the year and highlights 2024’s best photos and videos. 

WashU videographers captured the discoveries and perspectives of campus newsmakers. Highlights include a trip to Ecuador where one WashU professor is working to halt hidden hunger, one instructor’s reflections on his Hollywood career and a deep dive into the Mississippi River system.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter until sunset Jan. 28. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

WashU’s annual recycling drive for old or broken holiday lights is underway and runs through Thursday, Jan. 16. Collection bins are available on the Medical, Danforth, West and North campuses as well as The Link at the Loop.

Jerome J. Sincoff, a former dean of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, died in hospice Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. He was 91. 

Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD, the James R. Hornsby Family Professor in Biomedical Sciences at WashU Medicine, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his application of nanotechnology to a broad variety of medical innovations.

Abram Van Engen, the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, has won Christianity Today’s 2024 Best Book Award in Culture, Poetry and the Arts for “Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church.”

WashU senior Emma Lembke, 22, has earned a spot on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” social media list. Lembke co-founded  Log Off, an organization for and by teens who want to raise awareness about social media’s impact on mental health.

Jeffrey Camille, a senior studying global studies and women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences at WashU, has been named a recipient of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship.