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WashU engineering researchers led by Sang-Hoon Bae received a grant from Samsung to further their work to improve electrostatic capacitors.

Julia Coric, a rising senior studying chemistry in WashU Arts & Sciences, has been selected as an Astronaut Scholar for the 2026-27 school year. She is among 79 students from 54 universities chosen for the prestigious award. 

Helen Davis, who worked for decades as leader of the Campus Y at Washington University in St. Louis, died May 21. She was 95.

WashU Night at the Ballpark will be Aug. 30, when the Cardinals face the Pittsburgh Pirates. Each ticket will include a hot dog and soda at the game.

AI for Health Institute researchers at WashU developed a framework that helps clinical language models know when to be confident and when to be cautious.

Soobin Park, doctoral candidate at the WashU Brown School, will receive a $10,000 grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to support her PhD dissertation project on “dementia care deserts.”

WashU Medicine pulmonologist Steven Brody and neurologists Jin-Moo Lee and Timothy Miller have been elected to the Association of American Physicians.

The WashU Institute for School Partnership has received a grant to explore how artificial intelligence can enhance the efficiency, reach and quality of instructional coaching while preserving human expertise and teacher agency. 

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

A study led by WashU Medicine researchers found that short or poor-quality sleep and night shift work are associated with a higher risk of osteoarthritis and hip and knee replacements.