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Drawn in

Two WashU programs are preparing students for writing and illustrating children’s books: the Communication Design program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the Children’s Studies minor in Arts & Sciences.

WashU alumni are writing and illustrating the books you wish you could have read as a kid — increasing diversity one picture book at a time.

Neuroscience & Memory

Navigate the neurosciences at WashU Medicine

Washington University underscored its commitment to the neurosciences by building an 11-story hub on the Medical Campus — dedicated as the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building Jan. 18 — that enables researchers to work more collaboratively and creatively. (Photo: Matt Miller/Washington University School of Medicine)

Explore the extensive scope of neuroscience research ongoing at WashU Medicine.

Medicine & Health

Next-gen testing

Erica Barnell, MD/PhD ’23, co-founded Geneoscopy, a health care startup that is developing gastrointestinal diagnostics. The company’s lead diagnostic is a noninvasive test to detect colorectal cancer. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

Erica Barnell co-founded the life sciences company Geneoscopy to develop innovative diagnostics and transform gastrointestinal health.

Science & Technology

Harnessing modern data, transforming society

Through the new Digital Transformation initiative, Washington University is tackling head-on the challenges and opportunities of a data-driven society.

Neuroscience & Memory

The next era of neuroscience research

Chancellor Andrew Martin (center) celebrates the dedication of the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building after cutting the ribbon with WashU leaders and friends, including Jeffrey T. Fort and Fort’s sister, Liz Dorr (both right of Chancellor Martin), Jan. 18. (Photo: Matt Miller)

WashU dedicates the new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building.

Campus & Community

Rat tales

More than two decades since its closure, the Rathskeller, located in the basement of Umrath Hall, remains gone but not forgotten.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Shifting the beauty standard

In her own words, Christine Chang, BSBA ’04, talks about co-founding the Glow Recipe beauty brand.

Space

Interplanetary rockstar

Meenakshi Wadhwa, director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, has built a formidable career studying our solar system.

Humanities & Society

Bridging humanities research and federal legislation

Kevin Butterfield, PhD ’10, is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, a humanities research center that also educates lawmakers.

Humanities & Society

The messy middle

Laura Meckler, AB ’90, goes back to her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to examine the city’s history of racial equity.