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WashU faculty, alumni lead effort to repair harms caused by systemic racism in St. Louis

Several WashU faculty members contributed to the St. Louis Reparations Commission report, which outlined recommendations for city officials to repair the harm caused by racial injustice.

Campus & Facilities

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Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Advancement

Founders Day recognizes faculty, alumni, friends

Chancellor Andrew Martin presents award to Fred M. Ssewamala on stage at Founders Day event.

The university held its annual Founders Day celebration Nov. 9 to honor the outstanding achievements of some of the university’s most distinguished faculty, alumni and friends.

Physical Sciences

A high-tech way to track an age-old problem

When the Meramec River flooded, students in the “Geospatial Field Methods” course in Arts & Sciences had an opportunity to study a significant regional event in real time. Bring on the “big drone.”

Awards & Notables

University departments win CASE awards

Content and projects produced by University Marketing & Communications and other departments across WashU recently won national and several regional awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Engineering

Researchers create novel electro-biodiesel more efficient, cleaner than alternatives

Joshua Yuan at Washington University in St. Louis and Susie Dai at the University of Missouri, along with colleagues at WashU and Texas A&M, created biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion.

Campus & Facilities

WashU again recognized as bike-friendly university

A national bicycle advocacy group recently recognized WashU as a bike- friendly campus, re-awarding the university its Gold level.

Alzheimer's

New drug targets for Alzheimer’s identified from cerebrospinal fluid

Researchers at WashU Medicine have linked disease-related proteins and genes to identify specific cellular pathways responsible for Alzheimer’s genesis and progression.

History & Education

Book explores how Great Recession, COVID-19 affected young adult identity development

African American college student wearing a face mask

Rather than dissuade students, shocks such as the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic can cause college students to lean into their education as a pathway to success, according to research by Bronwyn Nichols Lodato in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Cancer Research

Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer

Doctors examine test results on computer.

A small clinical trial conducted at WashU Medicine shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors.