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Raji to research imaging biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease

Cyrus A. Raji, assistant professor of radiology and of neurology at the School of Medicine, received a one-year $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Humanities & Society

A new home for humanists

In the first graduate studiolab, “Freedom | Information | Acts,” students are comparing interviews filmed for the iconic civil rights chronicle Eyes on the Prize to roughly contemporaneous interviews. In doing so, they’re thinking through how we tell the civil rights story — and how that might impact our understanding of the current political moment.

The Lewis Collaborative — a reinvention of a century-old U. City landmark — and a new “studiolab” model are reshaping humanities education at WashU.

Advancement

Advancing new knowledge and new leaders

Alumnus Gaurav Garg and his wife, Komal Shah, help forward the university’s mission by serving in numerous leadership roles, and generously supporting student scholarships and transformative faculty research.

Advancement

Texas forever, WashU for always

While hosting an APAP Admitted Student Reception in San Antonio in 2017, Varuni Kumara (right), AB ’96, met Summer McKenna, AB ’21.

WashU’s Alumni and Parents Admission Program crosses generations, states and even continents.

Supply Chain Management

Making water accessible, reliable and sustainable

Josiah Cox’s utilities company has grown to service multiple states while also changing how we access clean water.

Marketing

The business of cannabis

Peter Vogel is the founder of Leafwire, a growing online network that is connecting folks in the cannabis industry.

Neuroscience & Memory

Mapping the brain

Our brains make maps to help navigate the world. In her latest book, Rebecca Schwarzlose examines how these maps shape our world.

Cultural Studies

How do we build a healthy and vibrant civic community?

There is no doubt that we are experiencing a time of immense sociocultural upheaval and division in the United States. Our podcast, “This Civic Moment,” explores how we can come through it together.

Humanities & Society

Honoring the past to build the future

Lisa G. Byers draws on her American Indian ancestry to shape her students into culturally aware social workers.

Public Health

U.S. drug prices are costing us more than we think

Aduhelm, the first new Alzheimer’s drug in 18 years, could easily become the best-selling drug in Medicare, despite its potential massive cost and tremendous uncertainty about whether the drug even works.