Campus & Community

The WUSTL Key will take on a different look Tuesday, March 18, as part of efforts to update WashU branding. Log-in details and access will remain the same.

William D. Owens, MD, a highly regarded professor emeritus of anesthesiology and former head of the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine, died of cancer Jan. 3.

John Powers, an assistant professor of film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2024 Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

About 55 high school students from the St. Louis region and beyond tested their knowledge of the human brain and learned about neuroscience careers at the 15th annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee March 8 at Washington University in St. Louis.

Esther Viola Kurtz, in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, has published an article titled “Call, Response, and Compromisso: Ethical Practice in Capoeira of Backland Bahia, Brazil.”

Floyd E. Bloom, MD, an honorary emeritus trustee at Washington University in St. Louis, died Jan. 8. He was 88. A WashU Medicine alumnus, he made groundbreaking contributions to modern neuroscience.

WashU Medicine has received a three-year $4.5 million grant from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation, with the ultimate goal of developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

WashU plans to test its emergency communication system at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday, March 11. (An alternative date is set for March 14 if needed.) The test ensures WashU can effectively communicate with the community in an emergency.

Online voting is open for the top biomedical innovation or discovery of 2024. The first round ends early Monday, March 10.

Lawrence E. Thomas, a member of the WashU Board of Trustees and an alumnus, was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the St. Louis American Foundation.