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Ten Washington University in St. Louis students were among the nearly 500 Stamps Scholars from 41 universities across the nation who attended the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation’s third national convention.

Construction to upgrade a Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) storm-sewer line on Duncan Avenue west of Newstead Avenue has been delayed. The project led to the closure of the north entrance to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) staff garage. A completion date has not been determined.

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Rohit Pappu, PhD, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has learned from his students as well as his mentors. He can name every researcher he has worked with throughout his career. Pappu studies intrinsically disordered proteins and their role in neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

From the Campaign Chair As of June 30, 2015, Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University had secured $1.95 billion in gifts and commitments toward a minimum goal of $2.2 billion by June 30, 2018. Leading Together earlier surpassed the total of $1.55 billion raised during the entire previous campaign. We are very grateful to […]

Zohar Nussinov, PhD, associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a three-year, $279,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Theoretical Approaches to Multi-Scale Complex Systems.”

Max Forrester, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a research travel grant from the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.

Nima Mosammaparast, PhD, MD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a five-year, $1.74 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for DNA research.

Many employees were recognized at the 2015 Staff Day for 10 or more years of service to Washington University in St. Louis.

Timothy Moore, PhD, John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently delivered a lecture on song and had a paper published in a book on women in Roman drama.