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‘The night sky and the asphalt road’

Kahlil Robert Irving (MFA ’17) will present “Archaeology of the Present,” a 2,000-square-foot installation exploring our relationship to the city street, at Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum beginning Feb. 23.

Engineering

Preparing for take off

Jenelle Cooper, MSME ’12, has served as chief engineer of both the T-45 and the AV-8B aircraft and now manages a team of systems engineers. (Courtesy photo)

Alumna Jenelle Cooper brings a lifelong love of aviation to her career as an aerospace engineer.

Business & Entrepreneurship

A global view of human health

Shyam Bishen, PMBA '99, speaks during the "Health Systems: Building through Disruption" session at the 2023 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard)

As head of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum, WashU alum Shyam Bishen strives to achieve more efficient and equitable health care around the world.

Humanities & Society

The scripts every parent needs

Child-development specialist Robyn Silverman, AB '96, provides research-backed tips for parents in her bestselling new book. (Photo: Purdy Portraits, LLC)

In her new book, alumna Robyn Silverman provides a practical guide for navigating parenthood’s toughest conversations.

History & Education

Bans that disrupt democracy

As rapidly spreading book bans harm America’s children and teachers alike, WashU’s Lisa Gilbert pinpoints problems and solutions as she empowers a new generation of educators.

Climate & Environment

Preserving our planet

WashU launches a new Center for the Environment where collaboration will be central to solving the immense and complex problems our planet is facing. (Courtesy photo)

The new Center for the Environment serves as a hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration, which is central to solving complex environmental problems.

Campus & Community

Making the case for WashU

Whether the issue involves the university and localized trash pickup, public safety, or advocating on how financial aid is provided to students across the country, J.D. Burton and his staff are on it.

Nearly one year into the job, J.D. Burton, vice chancellor for government relations, gives insight into what it’s like representing WashU in the political sector.

Business & Entrepreneurship

The boys of fall

Patrick Rishe (second from left), director of the Sports Business Program at WashU, poses with three members of the Texas Rangers' front office -- all WashU alumni. From left, Zack Kessinger, Sam Linker and Alexander Booth.

Three WashU alumni work in the Texas Rangers’ front office, helping the team win its first-ever World Series title.

Law

50 years of legal community service — and counting

Sarah Narkiewicz, associate dean for clinical education at the School of Law, works with Dinora Orozco (right) and other students in the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, which she also directs. The law school’s clinical education program includes 12 clinics and seven externships, and in 2023 celebrated 50 years of helping the St. Louis community.

Students in the School of Law’s Clinical Education Program, now 50 years old, gain important skills while helping members of the community.

Supply Chain Management

Study: Machine learning can help optimize medical resource sharing in a crisis

Researchers at Olin Business School used a machine-learning model to test a better system for sharing medical supplies such as ventilators across the country in an emergency. Their work was published in the journal Annals of Operations Research.