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A special collection looking back at top WashU images from 2024.

2024 in review: A look back at top stories, photos and videos

New milestones, new discoveries, new faces and a new (albeit very old) name — 2024 was a terrific year for WashU. Here, the Source looks at some of the most-read stories of the year and highlights 2024’s best photos and videos.

Students

2024: The year in video

Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis

WashU videographers captured the discoveries and perspectives of campus newsmakers. Highlights include a trip to Ecuador where one WashU professor is working to halt hidden hunger, one instructor’s reflections on his Hollywood career and a deep dive into the Mississippi River system.

Campus & Facilities

Flags lowered in memory of former President Jimmy Carter

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter until sunset Jan. 28. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

Medicine

Immune-targeted approach helps control tuberculosis in mice

Scanning electron microscopy of infected neutrophils

Mice infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) fared better when treated with an experimental compound that modulates immune responses, according to a study led by Christina Stallings, a professor of molecular microbiology at WashU Medicine.

Campus & Facilities

Holiday light recycling ends Jan. 16

WashU’s annual recycling drive for old or broken holiday lights is underway and runs through Thursday, Jan. 16. Collection bins are available on the Medical, Danforth, West and North campuses as well as The Link at the Loop.

Psychology

Brain structure differences provide clues to substance use risks

Teen girl bedroom with vape pen and bottles of beer

Researchers at Washington University found correlations between types of brain structure and people who try drugs before age 15.

Psychology

How to make resolutions that stick

Woman in exercise clothing sits in a yoga pose overlooking forested hills

People should be strategic about how and when they set new goals, according to positive psychology researcher Tim Bono at Washington University.

Medicine

$5 million NIH grant to find causes of chronic pain after surgery

WashU Medicine researchers have been awarded nearly $5 million to better understand what causes pain symptoms to persist in some patients recovering from surgery.

Obituaries

Jerome Sincoff, former architecture dean, 91

Jerome J. Sincoff, a former dean of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, died in hospice Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. He was 91.