Sam Fox School students win NOMA competition
Students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have won the 2021 Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition, sponsored by the National Organization of Minority Architects.
$15 million gift to strengthen life science education, research across university
P. Roy Vagelos, MD, and his wife, Diana Vagelos, are providing $15 million to support the university’s Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences. The gift will fund undergraduate and graduate work in the life sciences. The couple made the gift to honor former Chancellor William H. Danforth, MD, who died last year.
Initiative to replace student systems moves forward
While Washington University staff and faculty continue to adjust to Workday, the university’s new human resources and financial system, efforts to consolidate and replace WashU’s various student information systems kick into high gear.
More sleep leads to better grades and well-being
Research from Tim Bono, lecturer in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, finds that students who get a good night’s sleep night in and night out earn higher marks and have greater well-being.
Briceño featured in AXA Art Prize Exhibition
“La Cortadora de Café” (2021), a painting by Quinn Antonio Briceño, a candidate for a master’s in fine arts at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, will be featured in the AXA Art Prize 2021 Exhibition.
Sam Fox School students featured in national Superstudio project
Eight projects by students in the Sam Fox School are now being highlighted as part of the Green New Deal Superstudio, a national architecture open call that challenged designers to explore how the proposed Federal Green New Deal (H.R. 109) might be enacted.
Hubaishi named inaugural chair of National Muslim Law Student Association
Sara Hubaishi, a third-year student at the Washington University School of Law, has been elected inaugural chair of the National Muslim Law Student Association.
Olin’s MBA entrepreneurship program earns top ranking
Olin Business School took the top spot for the third consecutive year in a ranking of master’s in business administration entrepreneurship programs by business education news outlet Poets & Quants. The online publication unveiled the rankings Oct. 25.
Two students participate in German-American Sister Cities Youth Forum
Students Essete Workineh and Johnny Yeldham, both in Arts & Sciences, are among 11 St. Louisans selected to participate in the German-American Sister Cities Youth Forum.
Undergraduates win international HOSA award
Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates Lauren Blaydon and Anna Li recently won first place in an emergency preparedness competition through the HOSA–Future Health Professionals organization.
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