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Operations & Strategy

Olin to host ‘Business of Being Well’ March 31

WashU Olin Business School will host its annual spring symposium, aimed at improving health outcomes. The daylong event offers participants business-driven perspectives on health and the chance to connect with peers from WashU and beyond.

St. Louis Region

WashU to sponsor Greater St. Louis Marathon

Runners take off from the start line

WashU once again will partner with Go! St. Louis, host of the Greater St. Louis Marathon, a St. Louis tradition that features races from a full marathon to a 1-mile family fun run. The race will take place April 11 in downtown St. Louis. WashU faculty, staff and students are eligible for discounted registration.

Climate & Environment

Sun sets on the Sunlight glacier

The remaining ice of Sunlight Glacier can be seen in an aerial shot of the mountains

Researchers at WashU are documenting the loss of the Sunlight glacier system near Sunlight Peak, Wyo.

Ralph S. Quatrano, former dean of engineering, 84

Ralph Quatrano

Ralph S. Quatrano, an internationally renowned plant scientist, former dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering & Applied Science and former chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 24, 2026, in St. Louis. He was 84.

Campus & Facilities

Human resources launches enhanced service model

The Office of Human Resources is launching an enhanced service model to provide more streamlined and timely support to WashU employees and leaders. The new structure takes effect March 2.

Awards & Notables

Four named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Four WashU researchers have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors: Rajan Chakrabarty, Vijay Ramani, Christina Stallings and Zhude Tu.

St. Louis Region

High school students compete at WashU’s annual Brain Bee

The 16th annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee drew 54 high school students from about 30 schools to WashU for a day of neuroscience challenges and panels.

Awards & Notables

Chahin, Rohatgi named Loeb Teaching Fellows

The 2026-28 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at WashU Medicine have been named. They are Salim Chahin, MD (left), an associate professor of neurology, and Ram K. Rohatgi, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of radiology.

Space

PUEO’s Antarctic flight advances neutrino research

a scientific instrument about to be launched on a balloon

WashU researchers will be looking over data about high-energy neutrinos, retrieved during a balloon flight over Antarctica in January.

App aids substance use recovery in vulnerable populations

A mobile app developed by WashU Medicine researchers is effective at helping patients with substance use disorder who are in unstable housing situations take steps toward recovery, a new study found.