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WashU Olin Business launches dual AI initiatives to prepare workers, companies

The school is offering $10,000 scholarships to support affected professionals enrolled in the new AI for Business master’s program, while new corporate development offerings help organizations redesign work and reskill teams.

Advancement

Arts & Sciences honors 2026 distinguished alumni

Arts & Sciences honored seven alumni for their achievements, service and commitment to the liberal arts.

Appointments & Promotions

Board of Trustees elects new chair, members

Penny Pennington, managing partner of Edward Jones, a St. Louis-based finanical services company, has been elected to serve as chair of the WashU Board of Trustees effective July 1. Pennington will be the first woman to hold the position.

Awards & Notables

WashU Medicine faculty elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

Three physician-scientists at WashU Medicine — neurologists Suzanne Schindler and Christopher Smyser and otolaryngologist Sidharth Puram — have been recognized by one of the nation’s oldest and most respected medical honor societies.

Students

Class Acts: Amanda Kesler

After an EF3 tornado ripped a milewide path through St. Louis and St. Louis County, Amanda Kesler, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the WashU Sam Fox School, combined aerial data and firsthand observation to map tree canopy damage.

Students

Class Acts: Noah Kabbaj

Goldwater Scholar and biology major Noah Kabbaj is on the front lines of research aimed at helping people overcome treatment-resistant mental health conditions, including severe depression. After graduating from WashU, Kabbaj plans to earn his PhD in neuroscience.

Students

Class Acts: Ruiqi Wang

Ruiqi Wang is set to graduate from WashU McKelvey Engineering and next will work for Google the improve machine learning.

Students

The Class of 2026: Student researchers create knowledge, communicate purpose

In celebration of Commencement, WashU Class Acts spotlights 2026 graduates who have engaged in meaningful research at WashU. They have created knowledge and mastered research skills — especially important at a time of funding cuts and public skepticism.

Law

WashU Law to host Model Constitutional Convention

The Washington University in St. Louis School of Law will host a national Model Constitutional Convention May 21–24.

Advancement

Dosenbach named inaugural David M. and Tracy S. Holtzman Professor of Neurology

Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, is internationally recognized for his research in precision brain mapping and discovery of the network within the brain that links cognition with movement.