2024-25 tuition, room, meal plans, fees announced

Undergraduate tuition for the 2024-25 academic year at Washington University will be $64,500, an increase of $2,750 (4.5%) over the current charge, announced Amy B. Kweskin, executive vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer.

Breast cancer rates increasing among younger women

According to a study led by researchers at the School of Medicine, diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades. Studying such trends may offer clues to possible prevention strategies.

Naming Review Board appointed

The university has established a framework to examine issues of naming or renaming of spaces, professorships and scholarships. People can submit requests for named features to be reviewed. Applications are also open for two at-large members to join the Naming Review Board.

Notables

Guy Genin, the Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded the Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Sudhir Singh, endocrinology specialist, 45

Sudhir M. Singh, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, died Dec. 24 following a short illness. He was 45. Singh specialized in caring for patients with metabolic and endocrine disorders.