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Strike will test U.S. supply chain resiliency

Panos Kouvelis, director of Olin Business School’s Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation, discusses the impact of the port workers’ strike on supply chain inventory and prices.

Campus & Facilities

Emergency communication test Oct. 8

WashU plans to test its emergency communication system at 9:55 a.m. Oct. 8. Students and employees are encouraged to ensure their contact information is updated.

Students

Turning the tables: Employers make their pitch at WashU’s Reverse Career Fair

2024-09-26--During the Center for Career Engagements reserve career fair where employers talk to student groups, as employers pitch themselves to student groups on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

WashU’s first-ever Reverse Career Fair offered employers the opportunity to meet a variety of student group leaders. The goal was to connect employers to students with specific skills, not necessarily specific majors.

Advancement

Sanz installed as James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor

Crickette Sanz, a professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the James W. and Jean L. Davis Professor in Arts and Sciences Sept. 4. Her installation address was titled “Learning From Great Apes About Rank.”

Appointments & Promotions

Flores named vice dean for graduate education in engineering

Katharine Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science in the McKelvey School of Engineering

Katharine Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor at Washington University, has been named vice dean for graduate education at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Medicine

Grant supports research to develop gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

virus delivery system for cystric fibrosis therapy

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a three-year $2.6 million grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to develop gene therapies for cystic fibrosis.

Art & Design

‘Design Agendas’ symposium Oct. 25-26

The “Design Agendas” public symposium, presented by WashU’s Kemper Art Museum and Sam Fox School, will explore the past, present and future of St. Louis urban design Oct. 25 and 26.

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Campus & Facilities

Professional development courses available to staff

WashU offers a variety of courses to employees to learn new skills and grow professionally. Courses, in both virtual and in-person formats, are available to employees at all levels, whether or not they are in manager roles.

Performing Arts

Nottage to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize

Internationally acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, installation artist and MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Lynn Nottage will receive the 2025 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis.