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Sam Fox School students win NOMA competition

Students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have won the 2021 Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition, sponsored by the National Organization of Minority Architects.

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Medicine

$15 million gift to strengthen life science education, research across university

P. Roy Vagelos, MD, and his wife, Diana Vagelos, are providing $15 million to support the university’s Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences. The gift will fund undergraduate and graduate work in the life sciences. The couple made the gift to honor former Chancellor William H. Danforth, MD, who died last year.

Health & Society

Warning labels on soda bottles, restaurant menus could reduce obesity, save health-care costs

Bottle of soda being poured into a glass

Warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages and menu labeling requirements for chain restaurants could be a cost-effective policy leverage to prevent weight gain and reduce medical expenses, but their impact is expected to fade over time, finds a new study from the Brown School.

Awards & Notables

Seven faculty honored with Emerson teaching awards

Seven Washington University faculty members have been honored with 2021 Emerson Electric Co. “Excellence in Teaching” awards.

Anthropology & Archaeology

Stone receives grant to study perceptions of CRISPR in food production

Glenn Davis Stone, professor of sociocultural anthropology and of environmental studies in Arts & Sciences, is part of an international team of researchers funded by the European Union to study CRISPR in agriculture and food production. Stone is co-leader of the perceptions part of the study.