Sam Fox School announces new Carmon Colangelo award program
Trustee and WashU alumna Vicki Match Suna has made a pledge to establish and endow the Carmon Colangelo Award for Creative Research and Innovation at the WashU Sam Fox School.
Weihl named inaugural Gabe Weil Professor
Conrad C. Weihl, MD, PhD, a leading expert in the genetic mechanisms of neuromuscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy, has been installed as the inaugural Gabe Weil Professor in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine.
Davidson receives distinguished mentor award
Nicholas O. Davidson, MD, DSc, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at WashU Medicine, has been honored with the 2026 Distinguished Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterological Association.
WashU alumni, current student earn Fulbright awards
Nine recent WashU alumni and one current WashU student received Fulbright awards to teach English or conduct research abroad during the 2026-27 academic year. Established in 1946, the prestigious Fulbright program recognizes talented leaders and scholars.
Centering careers and community
Alumni recruiters eagerly anticipate the opening of the Neil S. Hirsch Center, an innovative space designed to enhance WashU connections across generations.
Creating a safe space
Through her international nonprofit, alumna Jue Jue Min Thu provides displaced people from her native Myanmar, Thailand and elsewhere access to mental health resources.
Extraordinary leaders, lasting legacy
The Warshaws continue to invest in the university that brought them together more than 50 years ago.
The secrets of bunker 46
Inside a World War II-era bunker at Tyson Research Center, preserved birds, handwritten logs and mold-covered artifacts tell a story of science, stewardship and changing times.
‘The right thing to do at the right place’
A transformational $200 million commitment from the Bursky Family Foundation will strengthen the School of Public Health, which will now be named the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky School of Public Health.
WashU Law honors distinguished alumni
WashU Law presented its 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards recently in Anheuser-Busch Hall.
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