WashU Medicine researcher Makedonka Mitreva was honored with the Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists for her use of genetics and genomics to understand parasitic worms.

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis use ancient DNA to answer historical questions beyond what artifacts alone ...

Biologist Keith Hengen’s research is getting deeper into sleep, unraveling the great mystery of slumber’s purpose in the ...

Six WashU Medicine nurses were recognized with 2026 Excellence in Nursing awards from St. Louis Magazine, and an additional ...

“This,” engineer David Peters says, “is how we went to the moon.” Peters (Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU) Peters, BS ’69, MS ’70, the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering, is in his Jubel Hall ...

For Caleb Rogers, serving as 2026-2027 editor-in-chief of the Washington University Law Review is both a leadership ...

A graduate public health course examines the effects of built environments, from local crosswalks to global cityscapes.

Across the nation, universities are renewing their commitment to viewpoint diversity, civil dialogue and the study of liberal democracy. No fewer than 20 civic centers have opened in the past five ...

When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide in 2022, it brought new resources and greater standardization to crisis hotlines across the country. For counselors answering those calls, it ...

During the 2026 fiscal year, a number of faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis were promoted from associate ...

Ahead of the scheduled Aug. 30 launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, several Washington University in St. Louis researchers have been selected to play important roles in the mission’s ...

SHARE Stacy Leeds became the first Indigenous woman to be named dean of a law school in 2011 when she helmed the University of Arkansas School of Law. She's now the dean of Arizona State University’s ...