Somehow, someway, the reality of pitching in the big leagues — something that even Ryan Loutos often thought was far-fetched considering he hailed from Division III Washington University — exceeded his wildest dreams.
Washington University in St. Louis has recently been recognized as a top workplace by several organizations. In May, WashU won third place in the giant category in the St. Louis Business Journal’s annual “Best Places to Work” Awards. The annual program measures a variety of factors including benefits and job satisfaction.
Andrew Martin, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, discusses the new Neuroscience Research Building, critical brain research and how attracting top scientists can benefit St. Louis.
Washington University in St. Louis will receive funding for a collaborative community project focused on improving economic mobility for Black youth in the St. Louis area. This project is directly tied to the community pillar of the university’s 10-year strategic plan, “Here and Next,” and is the first grant to carry forward the work of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice.
The ASSURE fellowship at WashU Medicine provides college students from the St. Louis metro area an opportunity to engage in basic, clinical, and/or translational research projects. Candidates without prior research experience are particularly encouraged to apply.
Mid-morning on Tuesday, May 21, the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) was abuzz with activity for the inaugural Spring Inclusion Symposium, hosted by the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. WashU staff, faculty, trainees, students, St. Louis community members, and business leaders gathered for this half-day event dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
A new digital StoryMap project, Asia in St. Louis, traces the history and experiences of people of Chinese and Japanese descent in St. Louis, from the 1850s to the 1980s. Created by East Asian studies librarians and students at Washington University, Asia in St. Louis is an interactive, dynamic digital platform that combines maps, archival sources, photographs, and personal narratives.
During the COVID pandemic, Aditya Yelamani ’24 was worried that patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital lacked interaction and stimuli that could help them heal. Yelamani, a 2023 Fandos Fellow in the St. Louis Fellows program from the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, created Hearts for Arts as a patient-driven solution that would transcend the pandemic.
Bettina Drake, a professor of surgery in public health sciences at the School of Medicine, will be the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, Washington University in St. Louis Provost Beverly Wendland announced May 31. The new role takes effect July 1.
Through its partnerships with local schools and its work to bridge research and practice, the Institute for School Partnership (ISP) at WashU is closing the education gap for tens of thousands of students in under-resourced schools. ISP has helped boost math and science learning, raise standardized test scores, increase teachers’ confidence in teaching STEM, and improve students’ self-confidence and development of career goals.