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WashU Libraries are now accepting applications for the 2026 Newman Exploration Travel Fund, open to students and faculty or staff members of the Danforth, North and West campuses, as well as the Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition, which is open to students.

Jennifer Bellamy, a professor and director of the Evaluation Center at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been installed as the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor. An installation ceremony was held Oct. 8 in Hillman Hall.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

The Office of the Provost is offering a daylong faculty mentoring intensive Jan. 16. Faculty from across the Danforth and Medical campuses are invited to register to attend.

Lúcia Lohmann has been installed as the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis.

Eleven WashU research teams recently received Global Incubator Seed Grants to kick-start international projects.

Rachel Roberts, a professor of mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society for 2026.

Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD, a nationally recognized leader in sarcoma research at WashU Medicine, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital following an acute illness. He was 53.

Andrew Knight, an expert in organizational behavior at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently installed as the Bank of America Professor.

Angie L. Leahy, associate vice chancellor for finance and controller at WashU, is the recipient of the prestigious National Association of College and University Business Officers Tax Award.