Newsroom Stories

A $1.5 million pledge from Distinguished Trustee Andy Newman for the Living Earth Collaborative will support critically endangered primates. The new project aims to transform how biodiversity is documented, modeled and protected worldwide.

WashU researchers find adults struggling with their mental health face more unmet needs and less trust in health systems.

At WashU Public Health, researchers highlight how outbreaks strain households and systems, revealing hidden risks for women and girls that data often fails to capture.

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, and Hysell Oviedo, PhD, were recognized for their research on kidney repair and the brain’s processing of sound and speech, respectively.

Andrew Witt has been installed as the inaugural Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor in the WashU Sam Fox School. The professorship includes a joint appointment at WashU McKelvey Engineering.

The school is offering $10,000 scholarships to support affected professionals enrolled in the new AI for Business master’s program, while new corporate development offerings help organizations redesign work and reskill teams.

Penny Pennington, managing partner of Edward Jones, a St. Louis-based finanical services company, has been elected to serve as chair of the WashU Board of Trustees effective July 1. Pennington will be the first woman to hold the position.

After an EF3 tornado ripped a milewide path through St. Louis and St. Louis County, Amanda Kesler, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the WashU Sam Fox School, combined aerial data and firsthand observation to map tree canopy damage.

Goldwater Scholar and biology major Noah Kabbaj is on the front lines of research aimed at helping people overcome treatment-resistant mental health conditions, including severe depression. After graduating from WashU, Kabbaj plans to earn his PhD in neuroscience.

Ruiqi Wang is set to graduate from WashU McKelvey Engineering and next will work for Google the improve machine learning.