Newsroom Stories

Timothy Miller and Anjan Thakor are the recipients of WashU’s 2026 faculty achievement awards. They were among several people recognized during WashU’s annual Founders Day celebration.

WashU Medicine researchers have rewritten the story on a group of viruses once thought to directly infect human tissue and play a role in gastrointestinal disease. They found that the common virus actually infects gut bacteria, redefining how these viruses impact human health.

WashU will host two polling places on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. St. Louis County voters may cast their ballots at the Athletic Complex, while those registered to vote in St. Louis are invited to vote at the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4565 McKinley Ave.

WashU assistant research professor Scott VanBommel is the lead author of a new paper that examines how dust interacts with Mars rover Perseverance’s spacesuit swatches and other materials.

Igor Levit is “one of the essential artists of his generation” (The New York Times), a pianist who “guides the public to the heart of Beethoven” (Le Figaro). On Nov. 9, Levit will launch WashU’s 10th annual Great Artists Series with an evening of Beethoven sonatas.

WashU Medicine maternal-fetal specialists are collaborating with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.

Members of the Voter Champions Network and WashU Votes, both initiatives of the Gephardt Institute, connect students, faculty and staff to voter information.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 25, several faculty members in Arts & Sciences and at WashU Medicine were promoted or granted tenure, effective that day.

WashU Medicine researchers have shown in mice that slowed brain growth in Angelman’s syndrome, a genetic disorder, is caused by elevated levels of a specific molecule that trigger the brain’s stress response.

Cady Heron has danced with nomads and scaled Kilimanjaro. In “Mean Girls,” the Kenya-raised teenager faces her greatest challenge yet: American high school. WashU’s Performing Arts Department will present the celebrated musical in Edison Theatre Oct. 22 to 25.