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Kelly to lead Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound

Jeannie Kelly, MD, a renowned expert in the care of women with opiate use disorders during pregnancy, has been named the new director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Ultrasound in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at WashU Medicine.

Students

StudLife Games go big time

If you happened to be in New York City last weekend, perhaps you saw a Times Square billboard promoting a very WashU pastime: Student Life Games. There, smiling from the 55-by-31-foot digital display, were crossword creators and founders of the newspaper’s games page, recent graduate Alex Nickel and sophomore Rena Cohen.

Performing Arts

Hotchner Festival highlights WashU playwrights

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present staged readings of four new student plays as part of the 2025 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival.

Students

Ride to win: WashU invited to compete in College Transit Challenge

WashU students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to break out their U-Passes on Thursday, Oct. 2, to compete in the annual College Transit Challenge, an annual celebration of public transportation sponsored by Citizens for Modern Transit.

Medicine

$5 million funds innovation of more-potent opioid overdose antidote

naloxone displacing opioids from the opioid receptor

WashU Medicine researchers received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will help speed development of an enhanced version of naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan.

Awards & Notables

Minton honored for leadership in technology

Jessie Minton, vice chancellor for technology and chief information officer at WashU, received a prestigious award from the HMG Strategy Global Leadership Institute during the organization’s recent summit.

Awards & Notables

Honorary degree nominations sought

Members of the WashU community may nominate honorary degree candidates for the May 2027 Commencement. The deadline is Oct. 3.

Medicine

Tracking deadly and unpredictable postpartum hemorrhage

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are developing a wearable device that aims to track blood loss in pregnant women during delivery, with support from a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The device aids in early warning signs for postpartum hemorrhage, a birth complication that is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Discovery expands understanding of Neolithic agricultural practices, diets in East Asia

The adzuki bean — a staple crop prominent in various East Asian cuisines — has been cultivated in the region for more than 8,000 years, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Shandong University in China have discovered.

Medicine

Wearable imaging system could provide insight into preterm birth

A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing an at-home wearable device that would monitor electrical and mechanical signals in the uterus during pregnancy and labor, with a four-year $920,769 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).