Jun receives Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering award
Young-Shin Jun, professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been chosen to receive a 2025 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The awards program, initiated as part of the 2011 International Year […]
WashU Medicine and Weizmann Institute of Science establish joint research program
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel have launched a collaboration to support joint research projects focused on understanding the role of microbes and the immune and nervous systems in human health and disease.
Darden named a Gates Cambridge Scholar
Washington University in St. Louis senior Elijah Darden has been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which fully funds postgraduate study and research at the University of Cambridge.
Sam Fox School Announces 2026-27 Paris Residencies
The Sam Fox School has selected the next group of artists and designers for residencies at the College & Graduate School of Art’s Paris studio at the Cité internationale des arts.
Three faculty members awarded $3 million NIMH grant for HIV prevention in Africa
Three members of the Washington University in St. Louis faculty have been awarded a $3 million research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to address the economic and structural barriers associated with access and use of an oral medication to prevent HIV infection.
WashU Global Oncology Initiative is awarded $2.7 million to improve Kaposi sarcoma treatment monitoring in East Africa
The Global Oncology Initiative at WashU has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. National Cancer Institute to develop and test a novel AI-powered imaging device to monitor treatment response in patients with Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in East Africa.
Bhupal Dev awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship
Bhupal Dev has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Starting anew: WashU’s Empower program helps educated refugees tackle language, career hurdles
Before they were refugees in St. Louis, they were economists, accountants, pharmacists, engineers, intelligence analysts, nurses and small business owners.
Halting hidden hunger
Can improved nutrition during pregnancy help prevent stunted growth in children around the world? With partners in Ecuador, Lora Iannotti studies the effects of maternal diet on infant brain development.
Saving forests and alleviating poverty
WashU sophomores work with villagers in rural Madagascar to conserve biodiversity.