Board of Trustees ad hoc committee continues work, seeks input
The ad hoc committee established by the WashU Board of Trustees to review the university’s policies and guidelines governing on-campus protests and demonstrations is continuing its work and expects to submit a report in March. WashU community input is welcome.
Siteman Cancer Center’s new outpatient building named in honor of Gary C. Werths
Siteman Cancer Center’s new building for outpatient care will be named the Gary C. Werths Building. A transformative commitment by the late Werths and his husband, Richard Frimel, will support cancer research and medical student scholarships.
WashU researchers named to ‘highly cited’ list
Clarivate, an analytics company, named 47 researchers from WashU to the Highly Cited Researchers 2024 list. These scholars represent a wide variety of disciplines, including environment and ecology; immunology; neuroscience and behavior; and social sciences.
McLeod Writing Prize recognizes first-year student research
The College Writing Program recently celebrated the 2024 winners and finalists of the James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize.
Engineering students take on social choice
Students in the social choice systems class at Washington University are learning about design challenges in social choice systems like redistricting.
Five startups with WashU ties named to Arch Grants cohort
A quarter of this year’s Arch Grants recipients are startups with WashU ties.
Yang installed as Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics
Li Yang was installed as the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Yang delivered an installation address titled “Exploring Quantum Mechanics at Nanoscale with Petascale Computing.”
‘Here and Next’ funding supports, expands WashU research locally, globally
WashU continues to fund local and global research excellence through “Here and Next,” its strategic plan.
Nine WashU faculty recognized among top St. Louis educators
Nine WashU faculty members in four schools have been selected as 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.
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