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St. Louis Region

WashU’s economic impact totals $9.8 billion

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A leading employer and investor in the St. Louis region, WashU contributed $9.8 billion to the local economy in fiscal year 2025, which ended in June. WashU also brought more than $1 billion in external research dollars to the region, money that has led to significant advances in medicine, technology and public health as well as new jobs and businesses in the region.
Awards & Notables

Rogers honored for contributions to neurodevelopment

Cynthia Rogers, the Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry at WashU Medicine, has received the 2025 Joel Elkes Research Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for her research on early developmental markers of psychiatric risk associated with premature birth.
Health & Society

Built to meet the moment

WashU scholars wrote the textbook on dissemination and implementation and have been building on that expertise ever since. Their work is needed now more than ever.
Engineering

All systems go

How alumnus Walter Evans left a lasting mark on control systems engineering — and everyday electronic systems in use today — with the creation of a method called root locus.