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How do you engage the community?

Starting a new course on community engagement in a pandemic seemed impossible. Yet Liz Kramer, a lecturer in the Sam Fox School, did just that.

Athletics

Scholars, athletes and champions

A new mural honors some of the university’s athletes and a program that lets students shine both on the field and off.

Arts & Culture

A fresh look at our past

In her new book, Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History, R. Marie Griffith addresses the helplessness many feel around public debate, giving readers tools to listen, respond and address deep social injustices.

Business & Entrepreneurship

The launch pad

Olin’s MBA entrepreneurship program — ranked No. 1 by Poets & Quants for three consecutive years — is a pivotal part of a school-, university- and community-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem helping students and alumni become successful entrepreneurs. And St. Louis’ status as a national epicenter for entrepreneurs is soaring as a result.

Neuroscience & Memory

Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens

Up to half of older adults may have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing and sleep are briefly interrupted many times a night. A new study from the School of Medicine shows that this chronic tiredness can have serious implications for road safety.

Awards & Notables

Student Union’s Miao awarded Truman Scholarship

A passionate and effective champion of LGBTQ+ rights, Washington University in St. Louis junior Ranen Miao has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, the premier graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers in public service.

Awards & Notables

Arts & Sciences recognizes six alumni

Arts & Sciences recognized six alumni for their achievements, service and commitment to the liberal arts during its Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner, held March 24 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.

Engineering

Cui to seek better drugs for irregular heartbeat

ion channel mechanisms that control the electrical signaling in the heart

Biomedical engineer Jianmin Cui at the McKelvey School of Engineering is going deep into the basic mechanisms that lead to arrhythmia to ultimately find potential new drug candidates with an NIH grant.

Appointments & Promotions

Osgood to continue as law dean

Russell K. Osgood, visiting professor of law and interim dean of the School of Law, will continue as dean through spring 2024, announced Beverly Wendland, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Public Health

Bringing joy to the community safely

WashU infectious diseases doctors and engineers have worked with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and other cultural institutions on how to safely reopen and continue performances following the COVID-19 pandemic global shutdown in 2020.