Campus & Community

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

In its first class since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions, Washington University in St. Louis reports the percentage of first-year students who are from rural communities, low-income or the first in their families to attend college has slightly increased. However, WashU saw a 4 percentage-point drop in first-year students who identify as Black/African American, while the percentage of Asian, white and Hispanic students stayed relatively steady.

WashU Olin Business School’s entrepreneurship program will award two $25,000 grants to WashU-founded or St. Louis-based startups. Applications are due by Oct. 1.

Andy Groves, a leading researcher in the development of the inner ear, will head the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis beginning in April.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recently presented the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformative Leadership Award to Richard Wahl, MD, a professor of radiology and of radiation oncology at WashU Medicine.

Linda C. Samuels, a professor and chair of urban design in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named the school’s inaugural director of sustainable design and environmental justice.

In an effort to better serve the WashU community, the Washington University Police Department is sending text message surveys after some service calls. The surveys are short and voluntary, said WUPD chief Angela Coonce.

Cal J. Halvorsen, an associate professor at the Brown School, has been elected vice chair of the Gerontological Society of America’s Social Research, Policy and Practice section.

The Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building at WashU Medicine has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Suresh Vedantham, MD, a professor of radiology and of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the 2024 Leader in Innovation Award by the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation.