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Psychology

Zacks named president of brain sciences organization

Jeff Zacks
Jeffrey Zacks, the Edgar James Swift Professor in Arts & Sciences and a professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, has begun a two-year term as president of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Engineering

Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles

A close-up of a locust and the nanostructures attached to its forehead.
Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman, both professors at the McKelvey School of Engineering, led a team that harnessed the power of specially made nanostructures to enhance the neural response in a locust’s brain to specific odors and to improve their identification of those odors.
Campus & Facilities

Naming Review Board appointed

Brookings hall-closeup
The university has established a framework to examine issues of naming or renaming of buildings and other spaces, professorships and scholarships. People can submit requests for named features to be reviewed. Applications are open for two at-large members to join the Naming Review Board.

Tuition-related Frequently Asked Questions

snow surrounds Brookings Hall
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to removing financial barriers for all of our students regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds. In recent years, we’ve launched several new initiatives that strive to make a WashU education more accessible to all students.