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  • SLU Students Set to Compete in Air Race Classic

    SLU Students Set to Compete in Air Race Classic

    06/15/2026- A team of pilots from Saint Louis University will compete June 23-26 in the Air Race Classic, an annual all-woman, daylight-only race held each June. The SLU team includes Jocelyn Ciotti and Sydney Nimerick, who both graduated in May with degrees in aeronautics, along with rising sophomore Bella Castro. Ciotti and Nimerick are now flight instructors with SLU’s Flight School within the Parks Department of Aviation Science in the School of Science and Engineering.

  • SLU Students, Alumnus Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

    SLU Students, Alumnus Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

    04/30/2026- Three Saint Louis University students and one recent alumnus have been awarded the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for 2026. The fellowship recognizes outstanding academic achievement and the potential to make significant contributions to research and society.

  • SLU Students to Build 'Eats Bridge' for Operation Food Search's CANstruction Event

    SLU Students to Build 'Eats Bridge' for Operation Food Search's CANstruction Event

    04/09/2026- SLU's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are competing against four professional teams to build a structure out of non-perishable food items.

  • Golf and Give Innovation Challenge Yields Benefits for Billiken Bounty

    Golf and Give Innovation Challenge Yields Benefits for Billiken Bounty

    03/02/2026- The Saint Louis University community stocked Billiken Bounty's shelves by playing through a mini-golf course built from shelf-stable food items. The event provided nearly $2,200 in food and pantry items.

  • SLU Golf and Give Innovation Challenge Set for February 24-25

    SLU Golf and Give Innovation Challenge Set for February 24-25

    02/05/2026- The third Golf and Give Innovation Challenge, led by Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering and the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship in the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, will offer the SLU community two days of miniature golf on campus while helping to stock the Billiken Bounty food pantry.

  • The Academy of Science St. Louis to Honor SLU's Vasit Sagan at Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Awards

    The Academy of Science St. Louis to Honor SLU's Vasit Sagan at Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Awards

    01/27/2026- Saint Louis University researcher Vasit Sagan, Ph.D., a professor of geospatial science and computer science and associate vice president for geospatial science, will be honored by The Academy of Science - St. Louis with the George Engelmann Interdisciplinary Award for Collaborative Science Achievement.

  • Saint Louis University Joins Multi-Disciplinary Research Team to Enhance Stress Resilience in Bioenergy Sorghum

    Saint Louis University Joins Multi-Disciplinary Research Team to Enhance Stress Resilience in Bioenergy Sorghum

    12/15/2025- Saint Louis University is part of a multi-disciplinary team led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to deepen the understanding of sorghum, a versatile bioenergy crop, and its response to environmental challenges.

  • SLU SSE Students Build, Test Gingerbread Houses

    SLU SSE Students Build, Test Gingerbread Houses

    12/05/2025- Teams of students, faculty and staff in Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering recently put their engineering skills to work for a December Innovation Challenge, building gingerbread houses designed to stand up during a weight-loading competition.

  • Gorlewicz Honored With 40 Under 40 Recognition

    Gorlewicz Honored With 40 Under 40 Recognition

    11/06/2025- Jenna Gorlewicz, Ph.D., who holds the Eugene Kranz Professorship for Excellence in Research in the School of Science and Engineering at Saint Louis University, has been chosen as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.

  • NSF Grant Funds New Industry-University Cooperative Research Center at Saint Louis University

    NSF Grant Funds New Industry-University Cooperative Research Center at Saint Louis University

    11/06/2025- Saint Louis University, along with The Ohio State University and Purdue University, will establish a new, innovative industry-university cooperative research center. A $2.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the launch of CAGE, the Center for Accurate Georeferencing of the Environment. SLU will receive $500,000 to support its campus operations.