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Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden are welcoming two internationally recognized botanists who will have joint appointments with both research institutions. Lúcia Lohmann, a botanist and conservationist known for her extensive research in the Amazonian rainforest, became president and director of the Missouri […]

The National Academy of Inventors recently named WashU to its Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents.

Jessica Backman-Levy, an associate professor of practice at the Brown School, has been selected to participate in a yearlong program aimed at advancing women into senior leadership positions in global health.

Before they were refugees in St. Louis, they were economists, accountants, pharmacists, engineers, intelligence analysts, nurses and small business owners.

The Office of the Provost recently awarded two separate batches of funding as part of the “Here and Next” commitment to research excellence at WashU.

A total of 20 projects won Global Incubator Seed Grants this month, allowing them to kickstart new research examining a whole host of issues, from the cyber defense of medical devices to the impacts of affordable housing on physical activity and health in Brazil.

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

The United States Department of State along with the Institute of International Education (IIE) has invited Cindy Brantmeier to serve on the National Screening Committee for a three-year term beginning with this year’s competition.

Hong Chen, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award to use ultrasound to induce a hibernation-like state in mammals — something that was previously considered to be science fiction.

Jeffrey Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2024 Nierenberg Prize for outstanding contributions to science in the public interest. He is widely considered the founder of the field of gut microbiome research.