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Stan Braude, a professor of practice in biology and in environmental studies in Arts & Sciences, died at home June 1, 2024. Braude was the first curator of the university’s arboretum and a world expert on naked mole-rat ecology, evolution and behavior in the wild.

Tomás Collado, a rising senior studying mechanical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named an Astronaut Scholar, one of the nation’s most prestigious STEM fellowships.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have identified the function of a mitochondrial protein that plays a role in human disease. The research, led by BJC Investigator Dave Pagliarini, could provide new ways to diagnose and develop treatments for some rare mitochondrial diseases.

Washington University in St. Louis has recently been recognized as a top workplace by several organizations. WashU won third place in the giant category in the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual “Best Places to Work” Awards.

The Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, established in 2005 by Yale University and Howard University to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement, recently inducted eight doctoral candidates and two postdoctoral fellows from Washington University.

Carlos Cruchaga, a professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, has shown that the protein sTREM2 plays a causal role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, meaning that targeting the protein may affect the course of the disease.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Parking & Transportation Services at Washington University inSt. Louis shares an update, including details about 2024-25 parking permits, a new office location and other reminders.

Liam Brodie, a graduate student working with Mark Alford, a professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

Three physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been newly elected to the Association of American Physicians.