Class of 2023: Committed to St. Louis

Meet 12 members of the 2023 graduating class who will continue their educations or start their careers in St. Louis. Some stay because St. Louis is home; others stay because St. Louis became home.

Red flags indicate risk for early-onset colorectal cancer

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified four important signs and symptoms that signal an elevated risk of early-onset colorectal cancer. The incidence of colorectal cancer is rising in people under 50, making it important to recognize such signs.

A decade of Commencement wisdom

As Washington University prepares for its 162nd Commencement on Monday, May 15, look back at the wise words shared in past years by some of America’s most powerful and inspiring voices.

Needleman innovation program seeks proposals

The newly established Needleman Program for Innovation and Commercialization seeks proposals to fund promising new therapeutic candidates, with the goal of being named investigational new drugs by the Food and Drug Administration.

Notables

Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine, will receive the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Research.

Notables

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts celebrated seven honorees last month as part of the school’s 2023 Awards for Distinction ceremony.

Notables

The Skandalaris Center awarded more than $75,000 in funding to WashU startups at its annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards ceremony in April. The Global Impact Award winners are Armor Medical Inc. and King of the Curve.

Richard D. Brasington Jr., MD, professor emeritus, 71

Richard D. Brasington Jr., MD, a highly regarded professor emeritus of medicine and former director of the rheumatology fellowship training program at the School of Medicine, drowned April 30 while fishing in the North Fork River in Ozark, Mo. He was 71.