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Fuzhong Zhang, a renowned expert in synthetic biology, has been named the Francis F. Ahmann Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at WashU, has dedicated much of his research to asset building. His efforts helped lay the groundwork for a recent federal law to help children and families.

The College Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recently celebrated the 2025 winners and finalists of the James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize.

A reminder during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, WashU’s Office of Information Security has recently revised and updated its policies.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Lana Lin’s “The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam” has been longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction. The book is published by Dorothy, an independent publishing project co-founded by WashU’s Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker.

J. Claude Evans, a professor emeritus of philosophy in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died in St. Louis July 26. He was 79.

Biomedical engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis are tackling the question of how oxygenation happened on primordial earth in a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researcher Deanna Barch, a professor at WashU, has received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science.

Diana J. Montaño and Christina Ramos, both faculty members in the Department of History in Arts & Sciences, have been selected as Georgie W. Lewis Career Development Professors.