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Campus & Community

Advocating for college access for immigrants

Once undocumented, Brown’s Robert Sagastume is advocating for policies and laws that will help immigrants access higher education. Expanded access is a win-win for us all, Sagastume says. “Latinx people are very community oriented and often pursue careers in nursing and teaching — positions that are going unfilled in our state. Why wouldn’t you want to leverage all of that potential to benefit our state?”
Campus & Community

Mentoring rural students

James Schisler grew up 100 miles west of St. Louis in St. James, Mo., population 4,216. When only one-fifth of his high school class returned to college their sophomore year, Schisler was determined to find out why. He believes cohort programs, like the ones he belonged to, can help rural students access the support and resources they need.

Cytron receives grant to study ethics in computer science

Ron Cytron, professor of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received a nearly $150,000 grant from the Mozilla Foundation to investigate the study of ethics and responsibility in computer science. The grant will allow researchers in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering to introduce two courses: Introduction to Computer Science (CSE 131) […]

Director of pediatric hematology and oncology division named

Jorge Di Paola
Jorge A. Di Paola, MD, recognized globally for his expertise in pediatric blood disorders, has been named director of the pediatric Division of Hematology & Oncology at the School of Medicine. He will begin his new position in late summer or early fall.

Who Knew WashU? 5.1.19

Question: The universitywide Commencement ceremony will take place May 17. On that day, what color of tassels and velvet hoods signifies students graduating from the McKelvey School of Engineering?
Campus & Community

Seven to receive honorary degrees at the 158th Commencement

Washington University in St. Louis will award seven honorary degrees during its 158th Commencement May 17. During the ceremony, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus, the university will bestow academic degrees on approximately 3,400 members of the Class of 2019.

Baldridge receives NIH grant to study regulation of hematopoiesis

Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a $2.4 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in collaboration with Katherine King, MD, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine. Their research is titled “Microbiota-dependent regulation of primitive hematopoiesis.”

Five inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

Five PhD candidates at Washington University in St. Louis were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education April 5-6 at Yale University.