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Financial tips for the new college student

Beyond registering for classes and decorating their dorms, Andrea Stewart-Douglas, WashU’s director of student financial wellness programs, has another item for new college students’ to-do lists: Make a budget.

St. Louis Region

From Aristotle to AI

The Summer Philosophy Academy is a free one-week program for curious high school students. Through lectures, discussions and field trips, participants explore urgent ethical and philosophical questions about political polarization, artificial intelligence, social media and more.

Climate & Environment

Black carbon emissions underestimated in ‘global south’

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have used a variety of models to measure ambient concentrations of black carbon in the “global south” and found estimates of these harmful emissions have been grossly underestimated.

Students

A resource for ‘accidental leaders’

With her new book, “Labwork to Leadership,” Jen Heemstra in Arts & Sciences aims to help create a healthier academic culture and support the next generation of leaders.

Advancement

New career engagement, alumni center to honor late entrepreneur, WashU benefactor

The new home of the Center for Career Engagement and alumni welcome building at Washington University in St. Louis — set to open in early 2027 — will be named the Neil S. Hirsch Center in recognition of a pledge to support the facility from Hirsch’s widow, Laura DeLuca Hirsch, through the Neil S. Hirsch Foundation.

Engineering

Brennan honored for excellence in engineering education

The American Society for Engineering Education has awarded Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, the Ray W. Fahien Award for early-career excellence in chemical engineering education.

Psychology

Lessons from the pandemic: Distress puts limits on compassion

a woman looking sad with her hand over her face

Psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis studied how pandemic stresses affected decision-making in different age groups — findings with implications for public health messaging.

Athletics

Recent track standout Kelley wins NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

WashU graduate and women’s track and field standout Emma Kelley has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

Engineering

Synthetic torpor has potential to redefine medicine

Torpor illustration showing arrows pointing down for temp, heart rate and metabolism

Hong Chen, a biomedical engineer at WashU, shares the potential for using synthetic torpor technology to develop new treatments for a range of illnesses and injuries.

Religion

Red and blue churches? Repealing Johnson Amendment would have disastrous effect

A new federal government interpretation allowing churches to endorse political candidates will cause division in churches and sets the stage for the U.S. government to favor politically aligned religions, says Mark Valeri, an American religious historian at Washington University in St. Louis.