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Women’s track and field wins NCAA Indoor national championship

The No. 2 WashU women’s track & field team scored 44 points on Day Two to win the 2026 NCAA Indoor national championship March 14 at the Birmingham CrossPlex. It is the second indoor national championship for head coach Jeff Stiles.

Health & Society

The future of America’s health

Shrinking public health funding, workforce shortages and misinformation are straining systems. A WashU forum explores how leaders can safeguard preparedness and sustain population health systems.

Awards & Notables

American Society for Clinical Investigation honors early-career physician-scientists

WashU Medicine faculty members Mary M. Mullen, MD, an assistant professor in gynecologic oncology, and Siyan “Stewart” Cao, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in gastroenterology, have received the Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Health & Society

Rural Missourians more likely to lack health insurance than urban residents

A WashU analysis highlights how geography, employment and Medicaid changes shape health insurance access across Missouri communities.

Advancement

Wang named Robert C. Packman Professor

David Wang, an acclaimed microbiologist and virologist at WashU Medicine, is known for his work identifying new viruses and understanding their roles in human diseases.

Climate & Environment

Updated report outlines steps to confront environmental racism in St. Louis

A new WashU Law report examining environmental racism in St. Louis offers updated data and a series of policy recommendations aimed at addressing longstanding disparities in health, housing and environmental conditions across the region.

Nutrition & Wellness

Register for spring wellness challenge

WashU’s Good Nurtured spring wellness challenge gets underway soon. It takes a holistic approach to well-being and encourages showing and receiving kindness, civility and graciousness. Register today.

St. Louis Region

African Film Festival celebrates 20 years

The African Film Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary with award-winning films from South Africa, Morocco, Cape Verde, Sudan and other nations from March 27-29 in WashU’s Brown Hall. Admission is free.

Students

SWARM student engineers on the cutting edge of modular robotics

The phrase “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is doubly true for SWARM, the WashU Robotics Club team on the cutting edge of modular robotics. The team’s 15 members are working to create robots that can come together or break apart to accomplish difficult or dangerous tasks.

Data & Computer Science

Surgical AI adapts to changing patients

A new adaptive model created at WashU improves surgical predictions across evolving patient populations.