Learning to Think Like a Public Health Professional: An Insider Look at WashU’s Foundations in Public Health Course
In Foundations in Public Health, students from across WashU step into the world of public health practice and take on real-world challenges
A conversation with nutrition scientist Uriyoán Colón-Ramos
Colón-Ramos examines how policy and food environments interact to influence what people eat and how to effect lasting change
Heyda published in Current History
Professor Patty Heyda’s essay, “A Starbucks in Ferguson,” has been published in the “Cities, Up Close” collection of the November 2026 issue of Current History.
Naseh to receive International Institute of St. Louis award
Mitra Naseh, an assistant professor at the WashU Brown School, will receive the Beacon Award for Recognition of Excellence in Community from the International Institute of St. Louis.
Derek Hoeferlin installed as Raymond E. Martiz Professor of Architecture
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis installed Derek Hoeferlin as the Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture Sept. 29, 2026.
Finding a way to healthy food systems and healthy people
Forum explored how rural health, food systems, agriculture and nutrition interact to impact public health and well-being
Five WashU research teams receive 2026 FARM Cultivate grants
Projects explore the connections among food, agriculture, environmental sustainability and human health
In plants, sense of time is connected with sense of danger
A well-known clock gene helps plants sense salt and respond to it, according to new research from WashU biologist Xuehua Zhong
New undergraduate course brings the study of mammalogy to WashU’s curriculum
Professor Jonathan Losos talks about his new course BIOL 4010 Biology of Mammals
In the Clouds
WashU team uses AI, statistics to improve predictions for rainfall, extreme weather