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Aviation Team Set to Compete in Air Race Classic

Jocelyn Ciotti, Sydney Nimerick and Bella Castro, wearing bright blue shirts and dark navy skirts and shorts, stand smiling in front of a small airplane in a hangar.

Recent aeronautics grads Jocelyn Ciotti and Sydney Nimerick will join rising sophomore Bella Castro in competing in the upcoming Air Race Classic, an annual all-woman, daylight-only race held each June.

Read the story here.

SLU in the News

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KSDK-TV covered filmmaker James Gunn's commencement speech.
The appointment of Kathy Johnson, Ph.D., as executive vice president and provost, was covered by the St. Louis Business Journal.
Jennifer Buehler, Ph.D., associate professor of educational studies, was quoted in the New York Times about publishers swapping out cultural references in new editions of books to appeal to young readers.
Olu Owoeye, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy and athletic training, was quoted in the New York Times about his study into pickleball injuries.
Kenya Brumfield-Young, Ph.D., associate professor of criminology and criminal justice, was quoted in Newsweek about the viral trend of “teen takeovers.”
The Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing becoming SSM Health's preferred provider of online RN-to-BSN education for its nurses was covered by the Southern Illinoisan.
Jean Potvin, Ph.D., professor of physics, was highlighted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KSDK-TV and Spectrum News articles about a new blue whale exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center.

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Stories About Research, Rankings, Service and Community

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Leadership Appointment

Kathy E. Johnson, Ph.D., Appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Saint Louis University

Johnson is currently the president of the University of New Orleans and previously served as the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at IU Indianapolis. As Saint Louis University’s second-ranking officer, Johnson will work closely with SLU’s president to help shape the University’s long-term direction.

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SLU Orthodontics Program Receives $1 Million Gift to Fund Professorship and Research

Alumna Suthanya Srisuro, D.D.S. (GRAD DENT' 75), made the gift in gratitude for the education she received at SLU. Her gift will also provide financial support to a building-expansion campaign for Dreiling-Marshall Hall, home to SLU's Center for Advanced Dental Education (CADE).

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Student Achievement

SLU Students, Alumnus Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Three Saint Louis University students and one recent alumnus have been awarded highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Programs (GRFP) for 2026. The fellowship recognizes outstanding academic achievement and the potential to make significant contributions to research and society. One student, Pranavi Kolouju, will use her fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. at SLU.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Marilynne Robinson to Receive the 2027 St. Louis Literary Award

Robinson is the author of “Gilead,” winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award; “Home” (2008), winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; “Lila” (2014), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and “Jack” (2020), a New York Times bestseller. The St. Louis Literary Award is presented annually by Saint Louis University and has become one of the top literary prizes in the country.

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Science Partnership

SLU Researcher Serves as Scientist in Residence for the Saint Louis Science Center’s 'The Blue Whale Story’

SLU professor of physics Jean Potvin, Ph.D., has spent years studying the science of whales. As a part of the Saint Louis Science Center’s new traveling exhibition, "The Blue Whale Story," he helped to develop a special display about whales that visitors can view. Presentations featuring him and other SLU researchers will be scheduled throughout the year.

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Filmmaker James Gunn Urges Saint Louis University’s 2026 Graduates to “Be Good”

The visionary filmmaker and DC Studios co-CEO delivered the 2026 commencement address at Saint Louis University on May 16, returning to the place where he first discovered his voice as a storyteller. Before more than 6,500 graduates, family members and friends in Chaifetz Arena, Gunn delivered a speech that was by turns funny, deeply personal and unexpectedly moving.

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