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Understanding the mechanics of regeneration

Duygu Özpolat, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, co-authored a study in Nature Communications about the early steps of regeneration in the annelid worm Platynereis.

Awards & Notables

Seniors Darden, Seiler were Rhodes Scholars finalists

Washington University in St. Louis seniors Elijah Darden and Isaac Seiler were both Rhodes Scholars finalists, one of the world’s highest academic honors.

Engineering

Zhang, collaborators win distinguished paper award

illustration of ones and zeros shaped like a human in a jail cell

Computer engineers at Washington University recently won a distinguished paper award from USENIX, a leader in computing systems research.

St. Louis Region

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.