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We are proud to introduce the undergraduate students selected to participate in the 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Program! The 2026 cohort is made up of 15 students, representing 11 different departments from across McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Arts & Sciences. Three of the students are new to research and they are […]

University program seeks to close household water-data gaps with filter-based monitoring

WashU partners with Gateway STEM High School to connect students to opportunities in the sciences

The Public Exchange transforms research into public good by partnering with WashU researchers, organizational leaders, and community members to address a question, challenge, or goal that helps people live better, safer lives. Together, we develop and design a project, find smart solutions, and put them into practice. 

University of Illinois scientists are developing a way for households to monitor the quality of their drinking water as part of a $5 million National Science Foundation-funded project led by Washington University in St. Louis.

We are proud to introduce the undergraduate students selected to participate in the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Program! Andrew Aviado, Data Science and Public Health & Society ’28Project: Machine Learning for PaleoclimatologyMentor: Bo Li, Statistics and Data Science Andrew is a rising sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri, double majoring in Data Science and Public Health […]

Research Focus The undergraduate fellow will participate in a NASA funded project to better understand the impact of tundra and boreal wildfires on permafrost across different environmental gradients in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic. This project will primarily revolve around the processing, analysis, and interpretation of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), which can resolve centimetric-scale […]

Friday, March 28th On March 28th, WashU hosted the 2025 Recultivating Indigenous Sovereignty Gathering Day-of-Panels – spearheaded by local native community members in collaboration with the Center for the Environment and 12 different partners.  Over 100 campus and community members came together across three panels designed to advance Indigenous approaches to land and food systems. Featured […]

Apply below to present a lightning talk during the 2025 Environmental Research and Creativity Week. Would you like to present your research in a short, 5-minute lightning talk at the Center for the Environment Research Symposium? The WashU Center for the Environment is looking to showcase graduate student researchers whose work addresses any of the […]

Can improved nutrition during pregnancy help prevent stunted growth in children around the world? With partners in Ecuador, Lora Iannotti studies the effects of maternal diet on infant brain development.