Campus & Community

Getting to know Mark West, WashU’s new chief academic officer.

How head coach Paige Madara, herself a former Bears’ tennis player, helped the WashU women win its first national tennis title last spring.

The Provost’s Office and the Research Development Office recently awarded the 2025 Transcend Initiative grants.

Jonathan B. Losos, PhD, and Charles F. Zorumski, MD, are the recipients of Washington University in St. Louis’ 2025 faculty achievement awards, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. They were among several people recognized during WashU’s annual Founders Day celebration.

WashU Libraries are now accepting applications for the 2026 Newman Exploration Travel Fund, open to students and faculty or staff members of the Danforth, North and West campuses, as well as the Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition, which is open to students.

Jennifer Bellamy, a professor and director of the Evaluation Center at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been installed as the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor. An installation ceremony was held Oct. 8 in Hillman Hall.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

The Office of the Provost is offering a daylong faculty mentoring intensive Jan. 16. Faculty from across the Danforth and Medical campuses are invited to register to attend.

Lúcia Lohmann has been installed as the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis.

Eleven WashU research teams recently received Global Incubator Seed Grants to kick-start international projects.