Lenze named XPRIZE Healthspan semifinalist 
North America

Lenze named XPRIZE Healthspan semifinalist 

August 8, 2025

Eric J. Lenze, MD, the Wallace and Lucille K. Renard Professor and head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and his team are among the Top 40 Milestone 1 award winners in XPRIZE Healthspan.

A place to MELT
Latin America

A place to MELT

August 8, 2025

Near a remote beach on the coastline of Nicaragua, about 12 kilometers from the border of Costa Rica, Edya Kalev, AB ’92, guides a group of women as they each apply gentle, purposeful pressure to their hands, feet and spine.

Black carbon emissions underestimated in ‘global south’
Multi-national

Black carbon emissions underestimated in ‘global south’

August 5, 2025

Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have used a variety of models to take on the challenging task of measuring ambient concentrations of black carbon in the “global south” and found estimates of these harmful emissions have been grossly underestimated.

Africa

Several alumni earn Fulbright awards

June 20, 2025

Eight recent alumni and one current student of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to teach English or to conduct research in the 2025-26 academic year.

Garcia named Fulbright Scholar
Latin America

Garcia named Fulbright Scholar

June 20, 2025

Benjamin Garcia, PhD, the Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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