A new home for humanists
The Lewis Collaborative — a reinvention of a century-old U. City landmark — and a new “studiolab” model are reshaping humanities education at WashU.
Advancing new knowledge and new leaders
Alumnus Gaurav Garg and his wife, Komal Shah, help forward the university’s mission by serving in numerous leadership roles, and generously supporting student scholarships and transformative faculty research.
Texas forever, WashU for always
WashU’s Alumni and Parents Admission Program crosses generations, states and
even continents.
A once-in-a lifetime opportunity
Washington University announces “Gateway to Success,” a $1 billion investment in financial aid and student support.
The essential academic
Provost Beverly Wendland landed a dream job at WashU and started it in the middle of a pandemic.
Fortunately, she was ready to jump in the deep end.
12.06.21
Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.
Pike receives NIH grant
Linda J. Pike, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Ludmerer receives distinguished service award
Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, professor of medicine and the Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the 2022 John C. Gienapp Distinguished Service Award.
A river runs through it
Rock formations called shut-ins confine a section of a river, forcing water to flow between the steep walls of a canyon or gorge. Shut-ins are found in streams and rivers across the Ozarks. But some of the most outstanding shut-ins in the state are located at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, where Washington University scientists are studying bedrock river erosion.
Hunstad to study receptors in UTI
David Alan Hunstad, MD, professor of pediatrics and of molecular microbiology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for UTI research.
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