Campus & Community

Henric Krawczynski, a physicist at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the prestigious 2026 Bruno Rossi Prize in astrophysics.

A special collection looking back at top WashU images from 2025.

In 2025, the WashU community made new discoveries, celebrated new victories and launched new efforts to make the globe safer and healthier. 

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is accepting applications for its Civic Fellows Program, an intensive 14-month program with a funded summer project.

Sociologist Kenneth “Andy” Andrews, an expert in the dynamics and influence of social movements, was installed as the Tileston Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU women’s soccer players and coaches have received numerous honors after the team won its second-straight NCAA championship in December.

Beverly R. Wendland, former provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University, beginning July 1.

WashU is again hosting a recycling drive for old or broken holiday lights. The annual drive runs through Jan. 16.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 5, numerous faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure, with most taking effect that day unless otherwise indicated.

Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, a nationally recognized leader in bone biology research at WashU Medicine, died Dec. 15 in St. Louis. He was 87.