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A conversation with Loretta J. Ross

Loretta J. Ross will be the featured speaker for “Reflecting on Reproductive Justice,” a three-day public symposium hosted Sept. 5-7 by WashU’s Reproductive Justice, Health, Rights working group in Arts & Sciences.

Engineering

Consistency, trustworthiness in large language models goal of new research

An AI image of a brain lit up with light

A computer scientist at Washington University has received funding from Google to improve grounding in large language models.

Art & Design

Sam Fox School fall Public Lecture Series begins Sept. 9

Architect Mimi Hoang, urban planner Toni Griffin and artist Josephine Halvorson are among the internationally renowned creative professionals who will discuss their work for the Sam Fox School’s fall Public Lecture Series.

Engineering

Researchers take cue from vibes of elephants, spiders

An image of two cells stained green to show cell communication

A team of researchers that includes scientists from Washington University have received $1.5 million grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to study a potentially transformative new mode of cell-to-cell communication.

Performing Arts

Black Rep launches 48th season with ‘Blues in the Night’

The Black Rep will launch its 48th season with Sheldon Epps’ beloved musical revue “Blues in the Night.”

Students

WashU community invited to civic dialogue event, meal

A civic dialogue event, The Longest Table, is returning to WashU this fall with a new location and a new topic of conversation. On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will welcome students, faculty and staff to Brookings Quadrangle to share dinner and to discuss the upcoming election.

Students

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Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Students

WashU enrolls more limited-income, first-generation students; share of Black students decreases

In its first class since the U.S. Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions, Washington University in St. Louis reports the percentage of first-year students who are from rural communities, low-income or the first in their families to attend college has slightly increased. However, WashU saw a 4 percentage-point drop in first-year students who identify as Black/African American, while the percentage of Asian, white and Hispanic students stayed relatively steady.

St. Louis Region

Olin StartUp Grants to award $50,000 to WashU, St. Louis-based startups

WashU Olin Business School’s entrepreneurship program will award two $25,000 grants to WashU-founded or St. Louis-based startups. Applications are due by Oct. 1.

Appointments & Promotions

Groves named head of developmental biology

Andy Groves, a leading researcher in the development of the inner ear, will head the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis beginning in April.