WashU launches campaign to address global challenges

WashU launches campaign to address global challenges

WashU has launched an ambitious fundraising and engagement campaign to provide transformative solutions to society’s greatest challenges and to create new opportunities for students. With You: The WashU Campaign will focus on four areas of impact: healthier lives, greater access, flourishing communities and future-ready leaders.
Two named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Two named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Two WashU faculty are among nearly 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. They are physicist Carl Bender, in Arts & Sciences, and immunologist Marco Colonna, at the School of Medicine.
Copycat evolution

Copycat evolution

Biologist Jonathan Losos, in Arts & Sciences, has documented evidence of a kind of “copycat” evolution between extremely short-faced breeds of cats and dogs. Generations of intentional breeding have led these animals to converge on a rounded, flat-nosed head shape that humans prefer — even though the shape causes a variety of health ailments.
Federal court order a victory for rule of law

Federal court order a victory for rule of law

WashU election law expert Travis Crum said a preliminary injunction blocking two major provisions of a controversial executive order by the Trump administration targeting federal voter registration procedures is a victory for the rule of law.
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