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Brown School faculty among 2025 AASWSW Fellows

Two Brown School faculty members, Jeremy Goldbach and Jin Huang, have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Psychology

Self-management skill, sense of purpose go hand-in-hand

a cat looks in a window reflection and sees itself as a lion

Psychological researchers in Arts & Sciences find self-regulation and social engagement skills can potentially foster a sense of purpose.

St. Louis Region

WashU launches advocacy program, impact map

As the 2025 legislative session kicks off, the Office of Government & Community Relations at Washington University in St. Louis has launched an advocacy program as well as an online map demonstrating WashU’s impact across the state.

Campus & Facilities

Mudd Field makeover: Shade trees, irrigation updates and a new green for relaxing

rendering of portion of redesigned Mudd Field near Graham Chapel

A new and improved Mudd Field is coming to WashU in 2028. The space soon will be lined by shade trees and will feature a new “social green,” a shady retreat for students to swing on hammocks and relax between classes.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fowler to be honored with Rosa L. Parks Award

Flint Fowler, recipient of Rosa L. Parks Award

Flint Fowler, a strong champion for St. Louis’ young people and a WashU alumnus, will receive the annual Rosa L. Parks Award at the 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20. On the Medical Campus, Kemi Doll, MD, will discuss racial inequity in cancer care Friday, Jan. 24.

Performing Arts

Great Artists Series welcomes Sir Stephen Hough

Sir Stephen Hough, a “keyboard colossus” (The Guardian) and “a pianist of great subtlety” (New York Times), will perform music of Cécile Chaminade, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin for WashU’s Great Artists Series Feb. 2.

Cancer Research

Drug in clinical trials for breast cancer could also treat some blood cancers

Research from WashU Medicine found a possible new treatment strategy for certain types of blood cancers.

Medicine

Fatal neurodegenerative disease in kids also affects the bowel

Researchers at WashU Medicine have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition.

Engineering

Engineering better sleep

An illustration of a woman lying on a pillow, eyes open, unable to sleep

Washington University researchers plan to use advanced math to better understand and control biological systems, specifically our body’s internal clock, possibly leading to better treatments for sleep-related issues.

Biology

Coyote genes may show urban evolution at work

A new study by Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.