Campus & Community

As part of the Engage Democracy 2024 election event series, the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement invites the WashU community to propose nonpartisan events and programming that encourages voter registration and increases education and engagement in the 2024 elections.

After a shaky launch, the new 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is now accessible and largely bug-free, says Mike Runiewicz, assistant vice provost and director of Student Financial Services. Here, Runiewicz explains what families need to know about the new form and how the new federal financial aid formula may impact financial aid awards for college students.

Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases, and Jason G. Newland, MD, a professor of pediatrics, both at the School of Medicine, have been selected to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.

Three WashU researchers developing promising therapeutics for cancer and heart disease are the inaugural awardees of the Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization. The next round of project proposals is now open.

Members of the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association will receive the annual Rosa L. Parks Award during the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at Graham Chapel. 

At the university’s Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure.

Todd A. Fehniger, MD, PhD, and colleagues Alice Y. Zhou, MD, PhD, Ryan C. Fields, MD, and George Ansstas, MD, all at the School of Medicine, have received $1.5 million from the Rising Tide Foundation for Cancer Research and the Melanoma Research Alliance.

The School of Law welcomes its new dean July 1. Stefanie A. Lindquist, a nationally recognized constitutional law and U.S. Supreme Court expert, previously served at Arizona State University.

Every year, the multimedia team at Washington University chronicles the beauty of campus, the impact of faculty research and the spirit of students. The Record looks back at some of 2023’s highlights.