Campus & Community

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Doctoral student Ruiqi Wang at Washington University in St. Louis has received a prestigious Google PhD fellowship for health research.

The Office of Human Resources is offering a seven-week program, “Leading in Uncertainty.” Interested staff members should apply by end of day Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Aki Ishida has been named the Sam and Marilyn Fox Professor in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. A lecture and reception to celebrate her appointment were held Sept. 25 in Steinberg Hall.

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is accepting applications for two of its major initiatives — The St. Louis Fellows Program and St. Louis Impact Fund Transform Grant. Applications are due Dec. 5. The center also is calling for nominations for the Ethic of Service Awards.

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor at WashU Medicine, co-leads a team that developed a therapeutic food designed to treat childhood malnutrition. The food was named one of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025.

In an effort to support neighbors in need, the WashU Community Engagement Office is hosting a universitywide food drive through Dec. 20.

Catherine E. Lang, a leading researcher in stroke recovery and rehabilitation in the WashU Medicine Program in Physical Therapy, has been installed as the inaugural Barbara J. Norton Professor of Physical Therapy.

Li Yang, the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics at WashU, has been named a 2025 fellow of the American Physical Society.

Benefits open enrollment is underway and will end Nov. 14. WashU employees should select, update or enroll in health insurance and other benefits for the 2026 calendar year.