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Volunteers invited to join Data Rescue Project

This summer, WashU Libraries is piloting an asynchronous version of the Data Rescue workflows that is open to all. Volunteers of all levels are invited to contribute to advocacy, web archiving and data preservation efforts.

St. Louis Region

Local educators to participate in WashU Summer Teacher-Researcher Program

Thirteen teachers from across the St. Louis region have been selected to work with WashU faculty members for the 2025 Summer Teacher-Researcher Program. Administered in collaboration with the university’s Institute for School Partnership, the program provide professional development opportunities for area K-12 teachers.

Climate & Environment

Tiny and toxic: Researchers track smaller air pollution particles across US skies

a map of pm 1 particle concentration of the United States

To help understand air pollution health effects, researchers in St. Louis quantified how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years.

St. Louis Region

Engaged City fellow applications due

The Engaged City is seeking three community-based practitioners — such as artists, writers, illustrators, or data scientists — for its Community Fellows in Residence Program. The application deadline is July 16.

Biology

Biologist Cox wins young investigator award

Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received the 2025 Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Campus & Community

All in for With You

From left: Andrew Bursky, AB ’78, BS ’78, MS ’78; Alicia McDonnell, JD ’95; and Cash Nickerson, JD ’85, MBA ’93, JSD ’25, are serving as co-chairs of With You: The WashU Campaign. (Photo: Suzy Gorman)

Co-chairs for WashU’s newly launched fundraising and engagement campaign invite the university community to envision a brighter future.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Writing his own story

CJ Harrington is taking lessons learned at WashU to bet on himself and build a life — and a career — from the ground up.

A superhero league like none other

Lisa Kollins (center), AB '96, attends a game of the Miracle League of Lake County, an inclusive baseball league in Eastlake, Ohio. League players "Queen Adilynne" (right) and "Clare Bear" are participants in The Superhero Project, the nonprofit Kollins founded in 2020. (Courtesy photo)

Alumna Lisa Kollins partners with artists to help kids with illnesses see themselves as heroes.

Climate & Environment

Environmental futures

Leslie Annette Paige, a graduate student studying biological anthropology in Arts & Sciences, uses remote sensing technologies to visualize the habitats of endangered species in Java, Indonesia. (Photo: Esther Adinda)

Discover some of the many environmental projects currently underway among WashU’s graduate student community, the ‘research engine of the university.’

Humanities & Society

Of mystery and wonder

An outdoor enthusiast, author Mike Bezemek has penned a new book on the mysteries and unexplained phenomena to be found in national parks. (Courtesy photo)

Alumnus Mike Bezemek has turned a lifelong love of the outdoors into an enterprising writing career. His latest nonfiction book, Mysteries of the National Parks, is a thrilling read and a reminder to look beyond the obvious for answers and adventure.