Campus & Community

The 1,994 members of the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2025 may still be new to one another, campus and St. Louis. And still, Convocation in Brookings Quadrangle on Saturday, Aug. 28, served as a homecoming.

Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, has announced new titles and roles for her leadership team.

Applications are being accepted for the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Leukemia Career Enhancement Program. Interested junior researchers should apply by Sept. 15.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Sarah Anderson, a postdoctoral research associate in Petra Levin’s biology lab in Arts & Sciences, won a three-year $200,946 award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ Biomedical Research and Research Training Program for a project titled “Modulation of Bacterial Cell Division by (p)ppGpp.”

The Parking and Transportation team provides updates on Danforth Campus operations for the new academic year in the team’s back-to-campus newsletter.

Kenan Omurtag, MD, an accomplished fertility specialist, educator and mentor, has been named director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine.

The Washington University in St. Louis Department of Athletics and Recreation has announced a construction project that will renovate the varsity softball and intramural field.

Joy Jiang, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.35 million MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project “Dynamic prediction incorporating time-varying covariates for the onset of breast cancer.”

Over the next two days, 1,994 first-year students will move onto the South 40. Among them: 17% are Pell Grant-eligible, 5% are international students and 49% identify as students of color. Another vital stat: Nearly 100% are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.