Small Startup, Mid-Size Company, or Fortune 100? The Pros and Cons

By Brian Jenney

Early in my career, I walked into a shared office space on my first day as a full stack software developer and sat down between the CTO and the CEO to get onboarded. There were four of …

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Model Uses Real Image to Train AI to Look for Fakes

Beth Miller  06.01.2026

AI-generated images have become increasingly more sophisticated from early ones that showed humans with more than five fingers on a hand, making it even harder to determine if photos are authentic. A team of computer scientists in the …

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Synthetic biology leads to recyclable textiles

Researchers develop engineered protein polymers that can be easily recycled and reused

By Leah Shaffer  May 14, 2026

The textile industry produces a substantial portion of the world’s waste. Only about 12% of fiber materials are recycled.

Textiles also account …

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McKelvey Engineering students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Channing Suhl  04.30.2026

Two graduate students and four alumni in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have been offered a highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.

The NSF will award 2,500 Graduate Research …

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WashU Launches Doctoral Program in Neuroengineering

Channing Suhl  03.30.2026

The McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, in collaboration with WashU Medicine, plans to launch a doctoral degree program in neuroengineering in fall 2027 to train students who will drive new technologies and methods …

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Career Resources

WashU CNX is a mentor-focused online community where you can build connections with fellow students, alumni, and friends of the university …