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Awards & Notables

Blake essay recognized by Lasker Foundation

Kevin Blake, a scientific editor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been honored for an essay he wrote titled “Missing Microbiomes: Global Underrepresentation Restricts Who Research Will Benefit.”
Medicine

DNA fragments help detect kidney organ rejection 

Vikas Dharnidharka
Raja Dandamudi, MD, Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, and Tarek Alhamad, MD, all at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, contributed to a large study that identified a novel way of detecting signs of organ rejection.
Literature

Crossing borders, bridging divides

Using novels and readings from all over the world, an Arts & Sciences course teaches students to look at the stories that exist on both sides of a geopolitical line.
Architecture

Building on relationships

Kathryn Feldt, executive director of the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park, in the living room of the home designed for and lived in by WashU alum Ruth Goetz Kraus, LLB ’31, and Russell Kraus.
As director of the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park, Kathryn Feldt works at the confluence of natural elegance and architectural brilliance.
Literature

‘Mother’ lode

Katya Apekina, MFA ’11. (Photo: Lena Rudnick)
Katya Apekina’s “Mother Doll” takes on the spirit world, the Russian Revolution, a surprise pregnancy and personal upheaval — and it’s hilarious.
Popular Culture

Throw like a girl

Bonnie Korte
How graphic artist Bonnie Korte became, at 72, the first woman in the U.S. to earn kudan, a ninth degree rank in judo.