Aggie Toppins, an associate professor and chair of undergraduate design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2023 Communication Design Educator Award in teaching from Design Incubation.
The 18th annual African Film Festival returns to Washington University in St. Louis March 22-24. Highlights include screenings of “Omen,” an award-winning drama from the Democratic Republic of Congo; “Banel and Adama,” a love story from Senegal; and the youth matinee featuring five short films including the Annie Award-winning animated short “Enkai.”
Senior Emma Kelley, of the No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis women’s track and field team, turned in a historic time at the Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships March 9. The overall team finished second.
Renée Shellhaas, MD, the David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the Child Neurology Society’s 2024 Hower Award.
A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis could help physicians strike the right balance when treating lung cancer patients. Scientists used an artificial intelligence (AI) method to study lung biopsy images and predict whether the cancer will spread to the brain.
We are saddened that Fontbonne University’s Board has made the difficult decision to cease operations. Our institutions have enjoyed a long history of mutual support and friendship as neighbors and community partners. Fontbonne and Washington University have maintained close communication for many years, including recent discussions about how we can support Fontbonne as they considered […]
Joyce Yang plays with “agility, balance and velocity” (Washington Post), combining “exuberant flights” with a sly “improvisatory bounce” (Chicago Tribune). On March 24, the Grammy-nominated pianist will perform the music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Kernis and Stravinsky as part of WashU’s Great Artists Series.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that the pandemic changed personality traits, in that people became more conscientious and extraversion dropped.
Ramesh Agarwal, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the 2024 Thermal and Fluids Engineering Award from the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers.
Washington University in St. Louis alumnus George Bauer and his wife, Carol Bauer, of New Canaan, Conn., have made a $20 million commitment to establish and endow the Washington University in St. Louis George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy, an innovative new initiative that places values-based leadership development at the center of the WashU experience for all students.
