Community impact and involvement
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Community impact and involvement

Ms. Ming Zu decided to pursue her graduate degree at Olin Business School at Washington University after moving to St. Louis, As the director of Global Category Management at Emerson Systems and Solutions, Ming leads a very diversified global category management organization.

Discovering the future of information storage
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Discovering the future of information storage

Mechanical metamaterials are materials that are designed to have specific properties, such as being able to bend or twist in certain ways. Guy Genin, Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McKelvey School of Engineering, along with collaborative researchers from Tsinghua University, a McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner, are studying how these materials […]

Albert Ip helps students succeed
Asia-Pacific

Albert Ip helps students succeed

After a distinguished career in international banking and hospitality investing, Albert Ip, BSAMCS ’73, is devoting his time and talent to helping burnish Washington University’s brand in Hong Kong so more students there apply and benefit as he has. Now, with multiple appointments at universities in Hong Kong, the former WashU trustee (2017–21) has established […]

Cultural history hands-on through study of Qing-era bed
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Cultural history hands-on through study of Qing-era bed

In fall of 2022, Zhao Ma presented his students with a rare, hands-on experience to study cultural history up close, from furniture assembly to 3D modeling, through his acquisition of an elaborately crafted 19th-century Chinese bed. Ma, associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture in Arts & Sciences, and his students assembled the Qing-era […]

CSD researchers, international team receive 2020 Best Article award
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CSD researchers, international team receive 2020 Best Article award

The China Journal of Social Work has honored work by an international team of scholars with the 2020 Best Article award for their study on the rebirth of social work in mainland China. The international team includes scholars from Saint Louis University, Peking University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Washington University’s Center for Social Development. In a […]

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