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Fighting voter suppression

Disturbed by voter suppression, Gena Gunn McClendon helped found the Voter Access and Engagement initiative at the university. In the time of COVID-19, fighting to make sure every voice is heard on election day is more important than ever.

Campus & Community

What came next

Women earned the right to vote, but what kind of impact did they have? Political scientists and Arts & Sciences alumni Christina Wolbrecht and J. Kevin Corder analyze 100 years of election history

Campus & Community

Following the data

Alumna Kiani Gardner runs for Congress in Alabama's 1st congressional district

With a desire to help improve her new community, cell biologist Kiani Gardner puts public service to the test.

Sustainability

University receives EPA Pollution Prevention Award

Washington University in St. Louis recently was selected to receive an Environmental Protection Agency 2020 Pollution Prevention Award.

Zhang receives NIH grant to research microtubule inner proteins

Rui Zhang, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, received a five-year grant award totaling $1,897,009 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research titled “Structural and functional studies of axonemal microtubule inner proteins (MIPs.)”

2,000 volunteers needed to evaluate rapid COVID-19 saliva test

Washington University is seeking 2,000 university employees or students to volunteer for a study to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale, rapid COVID-19 saliva testing.

Science & Technology

Researchers one step closer to bomb-sniffing cyborg locusts

Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has determined that locusts can smell explosives and determine where the smells originated — an important step in engineering cyborg bomb-sniffing locusts.

Awards & Notables

Wrighton named inaugural holder of Wertsch professorship

Chancellor Emeritus Mark S. Wrighton has been named the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor. The professorship recognizes his accomplishments as both a university leader and a scholar in the field of chemistry.

Campus & Community

Four steps to a healthy WashU community

This fall, each and every member of the Washington University community who will be on campus will be required to follow four steps — four public health measures that must be completed by students, faculty and staff individually, but will have an impact globally.

Science & Technology

Building the power plant of the future

The federal Office of Fossil Energy has granted researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering nearly $7 million to refine a new power plant that’s suitable for fossil fuels and renewables — and will emit almost no carbon.