Newsroom Stories

McKelvey Engineering researchers Sang-Hoon Bae and Lan Yang collaborated to establish a framework for heterogeneous integrated photonic chips, enabling multiple functions on a single chip with greater freedom to combine materials and design devices.

First-year WashU Medicine MD and MD/PhD students received their white coats at a ceremony Oct. 2. Other ceremonies recognized incoming students studying physical therapy, occupational therapy and audiology.

Research from the WashU Brown School’s Center for Social Development helped lay the groundwork for a major change to the federal government’s new Trump Accounts program: automatic account creation for eligible children, which the administration announced Sept. 29.

Amazon’s introduction of smart glasses for its delivery drivers raises significant questions about privacy, workplace surveillance and the normalization of continuously recording technology, says WashU Law professor Neil Richards.

Philip R. O. Payne, the inaugural chief health AI officer for WashU Medicine and BJC Health, helps explain what artificial intelligence can and can’t do in healthcare and why trust, training and human judgment remain essential.

Beloved illustrator Mary Engelbreit has donated 120 original illustrations and related materials to WashU Libraries. The collection highlights her whimsical style, business acumen and activism and will support research, teaching and a public exhibition planned for July.

WashU Bursky Public Health researchers examine how digital technology and generative AI are changing violence — and how decades of violence-prevention research can help shape effective responses.

Research led by WashU McKelvey Engineering’s James Friend aims to crack the code of atomization for future aircraft engines.

Book bans erase more than stories. They can erase histories and threaten students’ identities, says the Brown School’s Sheretta Butler-Barnes.

The WashU community is encouraged to support the 2026 United Way of Greater St. Louis annual campaign. Launching Oct. 5, the campaign will raise funds to support over 150 local nonprofits and more than 1 million people in the 16-county region.