Who Knew WashU?
Question: The universitywide Commencement ceremony takes place Friday, May 15. Which of the following has been a WashU Commencement speaker?
Answer: D) Jane Alexander, Cory Booker and George Will all have addressed our graduates. Learn more about the history of Commencement at WashU.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Arts & Sciences alumna Diane McCullough, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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Bateman and Holtzman receive 2026 American Innovator Award
WashU Medicine researchers Randall J. Bateman, MD, and David M. Holtzman, MD, were honored for their work developing diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease with the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s 2026 American Innovator Award.
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A welcome instance of hope
Evidence from a small island in Indonesia points to the successful elimination of a parasitic worm that causes a devastating tropical disease.
