Class of 2022’s future is looking up

After surviving an unprecedented WashU experience, the Class of 2022 was lauded for its resilience as it celebrated Commencement May 20. Graduates got their diplomas — and a daylong celebration punctuated by a festival that stretched across campus.

Pagliarini named Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor

David J. Pagliarini, a nationally recognized leader in mitochondrial biology and a BJC Investigator at the School of Medicine, has been named the inaugural Hugo F. and Ina C. Urbauer Professor.

When more complex is simpler

A new modeling framework proposed by physicist Mikhail Tikhonov in Arts & Sciences demonstrates how a more complex microbial ecosystem can be more coarse-grainable, making it potentially easier for scientists to understand, than one with only a few microbes interacting.

Notables

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity has announced six recipients of its 2023 Faculty Fellowships. They are (clockwise from top left) Javier García-Liendo, Tyriesa Howell, Pauline Kim, William J. Maxwell, Paul Steinbeck and Akiko Tsuchiya.

Notables

Caitlind Walker, who just earned an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received several prizes, including the 2022 Ralph S. Quatrano Prize.

Announcements

Mass spectrometry center opens on Medical Campus

The Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC) has opened at the McDonnell Genome Institute on the Medical Campus. The MTAC offers proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics and spatial omics services to help researchers answer questions in basic, translational and clinical research.