Minnis wins Paley Center internship
Kannon Minnis, a rising junior in Arts & Sciences, has won a prestigious Peter Roth Internship from the Paley Center for Media in New York.
Twelve alumni earn Fulbright awards
Twelve recent alumni of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to teach English or to conduct research in the 2024-25 academic year.
Surprising phosphate finding in asteroid sample
Washington University scientists, including Kun Wang in Arts & Sciences, are part of a team that reported that near-Earth asteroid Bennu’s dust is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as organic compounds, all of which are essential components for life as we know it.
Amy Zhou
Hematologist Amy Zhou, MD, an associate professor at the School of Medicine, values the connections she makes with patients. She is also pursuing research to improve blood cancer treatments.
University members selected for Focus St. Louis leadership class
Focus St. Louis selected some members of the WashU community to participate in its 2024-25 civic leadership programs.
High school teachers join WashU faculty in the lab
Eight teachers from schools across the St. Louis region will be working with Washington University faculty members for the Summer 2024 Teacher Researcher Partnership Program.
Medical students honor teachers, mentors
Medical students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently honored faculty and residents with Distinguished Service and Teaching Awards (DSTAs) for the 2023-24 academic year.
Chen awarded two Scialog grants to study the molecular basis of cognition
Yao Chen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, is part of two teams that have been awarded grants to study the molecular processes that underlie memory and cognition.
Leah Rae Czerniewski, biomedical engineering doctoral student, 34
Leah Rae Vandiver Czerniewski, a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University died after a long illness Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 34.
Ruth Levinsohn Siteman, philanthropist, 92
Ruth Levinsohn Siteman, a graduate and longtime benefactor of Washington University in St. Louis, died peacefully at home in St. Louis, surrounded by her family, Thursday, June 13, 2024. She was 92.
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