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Washington University has launched a new initiative to support graduate students with financial need who have children, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

Washington University has created the Institute for Leadership Excellence, which will provide professional development opportunities for staff members across the university. Selection for two cohorts will begin in April.

Software developed at Washington University School of Medicine can predict what happens to complex gene networks when individual genes are disrupted in specific ways.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered that the fluid around the brain flows to areas critical for normal brain development and function, suggesting that disruptions to its circulation may play an underrecognized role in neurodevelopmental disorders.

A $15 million commitment from Washington University benefactors Philip and Sima Needleman will enable the university to leverage its expertise in biomedical discovery to boost drug development via the Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization.

Thinking beyond COVID-19, a team led by Srikanth Singamaneni at the McKelvey School of Engineering developed a new point-of-care diagnostic test that is 1,000 times more sensitive than conventional rapid tests and can quantify concentrations of proteins.

Jay Turner, an internationally renowned environmental researcher, has been named the inaugural James McKelvey Professor of Engineering Education in the McKelvey School of Engineering.

We are alarmed by the allegations reported in the article published by The Free Press describing practices and behaviors the author says she witnessed while employed at the university’s Transgender Center.

Dating apps make no secret of their use of artificial intelligence to help users find their perfect match. But now some users are employing it to strike up conversations and flirt with potential matches. Olin Business School’s Liberty Vittert, a data and cybersecurity expert, explains the limits of AI and how to know when you may be chatting with a bot.

Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine were awarded $569 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in federal fiscal year 2022, elevating WashU to No. 3 among U.S. medical schools in total NIH research funding support.