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.
OpenAI awards grant to improve machine learning models
An award from OpenAI will aid researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to better train powerful machine learning models.
Altered carbon points toward sustainable manufacturing
Researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vastly more productive way to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials and compounds.
Advancing robot autonomy in unpredictable environments
Yiannis Kantaros, an assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, has received a five-year $591,457 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to address limitations to robot autonomy.
Adare Brown wins Steedman Fellowship in Architecture
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based architect Adare Brown has been selected as winner of the 2023-24 James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship in Architecture. Established in 1926, the biannual $75,000 prize, which supports research through international travel, is among the largest such fellowships in the United States.
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