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Students

02.19.24

Heather McGhee speaks in Graham Chapel
Images from on and around the Washington University in St. Louis campuses.
Psychology

Willroth receives SAGE award

Emily Willroth
Emily Willroth, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, has received the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.
Aging

Apte receives Catalyst Award for innovative approaches to research  

Rajendra Apte (left) with Andrea Santeford
Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor in the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness/American Macular Degeneration Foundation Catalyst Award.
St. Louis Region

Gateway STEM students visit campus for Kolbert Q&A

A teacher asks speaker Elizabeth Kolbert a question
For years, Gateway STEM High School students have read Pulitzer Prize-winning climate journalist Elizabeth Kolbert. On Feb. 12, they got to meet her at a special science storytelling program at Washington University in St. Louis. The event was sponsored by WashU’s Climate Across Curriculum program, which connects Gateway STEM in St. Louis Public Schools to faculty experts, campus tours and learning resources.
Appointments & Promotions

New OISS executive director named

Alumni House
Geet Vanaik has been appointed executive director of the Office for International Students and Scholars, effective March 12, announced Beverly Wendland, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. 
Climate & Environment

How does dicamba drift?

rows of soybeans
Environmental engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have been studying dicamba drift to understand why the herbicide vaporizes and migrates to other crops.
Psychology

Three faculty recognized by psychological association

Calvin Lai and Renee Thompson
The Association for Psychological Science has recognized three members of the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis — Calvin Lai and Renee Thompson as fellows and Jessie Sun as a “Rising Star.”