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SLU Senior Receives Prestigious Newman Civic Fellowship

Dr. Richard Marks, left, meets with student Russell Hooker Jr. The pair are sitting down on a black couch inside a room engaged in a conversation.

African American Male Scholars mentor Dr. Richard Marks, left, meets with student Russell Hooker Jr. on April 26, 2024. Hooker Jr. was named a 2025-2026 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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Stories About Research, Rankings, Service and Community

Anthony Breitbach, Ph.D., sits a table with two male students wearing gray and yellow shirts and one female student wearing a green shirt during an interprofessional class on Oct. 2, 2023. The group are smiling.
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Honor
SLU Honored for Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education

Saint Louis University is the 2025 winner of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care. This is the first time SLU has been recognized with the prestigious award.

Olu Owoeye, Ph.D., leans against a railing for a photo on a bright sunny day. He is smiling and wearing a long-sleeve pink shirt.
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Research
SLU Study Highlights Pickleball's Safety for Overweight Players, Ideal for Weight Control

A recent study conducted by researchers at Saint Louis University has uncovered new insights into the injury patterns among pickleball players across the U.S., highlighting a significant finding: increased Body Mass Index (BMI) did not increase the odds of injury among pickleball players.

Students wearing green shirts and a priest smile for a photo outdoors.
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Mission and Identity
SLU Students Visit Rome for 2025 Jubilee, Audience with Pope Leo XIV

Eight Saint Louis University students, along with a Jesuit in Formation and two campus ministers, went to Rome before the fall semester began to participate in the Jubilee of Young People. The trip was sponsored by SLU's Department of Campus Ministry.

The AirCRAFT Lab team poses with their award at the 2025 Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition.
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Innovation
SLU AirCRAFT Lab's Unmanned Aerial System Named Most Innovative at Recent Competition

An unmanned aerial system built by Saint Louis University's Aircraft Computational and Resource Aware Fault Tolerance Lab was named the most innovative at the 2025 Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition. The event is sponsored by RoboNation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing robotics education and workforce development.

Vasit Sagan pose for a photo.
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Grant
SLU's Remote Sensing Lab Joins Climate TRACE Global Coalition

Saint Louis University’s Remote Sensing Lab is now a coalition member of Climate TRACE, a global coalition focused on tracking greenhouse gas emissions, building the world’s largest and most comprehensive emissions inventory to provide accurate and transparent data.

SLU's north campus during the day.
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Alumni
SLU Launches Oral History Project

A new oral history project aimed at engaging Saint Louis University’s more than 142,000 living alumni launches this fall, encouraging Billikens to share stories of their time on campus and successes since graduation.

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