A team of aviation science students from Saint Louis University’s School of Science and Engineering placed high enough this weekend to secure a spot in the 2026 National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Competition. This is the third straight year the team has qualified for the national competition.

A new study from Saint Louis University reveals that individuals with frequent heartburn—clinically known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)—have a higher chance of being diagnosed with alcohol use disorder within two years. Researchers are urging primary care providers to screen GERD patients for alcohol misuse during routine visits.

Saint Louis University will welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri to campus in 2026 to receive the St. Louis Literary Award. Literary Award programming kicks off the week of Oct. 27 with a showing of the film "The Namesake" and a discussion with director Mira Nair.

Amy E. Wright, Ph.D., professor of Hispanic Studies at Saint Louis University, has been named the David Julian and Virginia Suther Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at East Carolina University. She will hold the visiting Whichard professorship in ECU’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences for two years before returning to SLU.

Students from the Saint Louis University and Maryville University Women in Cybersecurity chapters are teaming up to address one of the nation's most critical challenges: the shortage of skilled professionals trained to combat escalating cybersecurity threats.

Saint Louis University’s Emerson Leadership Institute will host Bob Chapman, chairman of Barry-Wehmiller, as part of its Leadership Speaker Series on Monday, Nov. 3. The free event will include a fireside chat on dignity-based leadership with Jackson Nickerson, Ph.D., Edward Jones Dean of the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at SLU.

The Flying Billikens from the Oliver L. Parks Department of Aviation Science will host the 2025 National Intercollegiate Flying Association Competition's Region VI and VIII SAFECON event Oct. 13-18 at the St. Louis Downtown Airport.

The Saint Louis University Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2028 recently celebrated its initiation into the professional phase of the program by hosting a white coat ceremony. The ceremony took place at Saint Francis Xavier College Church and celebrated more than 80 students advancing to the professional phase of the program.

This week, Saint Louis University School of Education launched the StayTeachLead Scholarship Program, an initiative designed to strengthen the local teacher pipeline through direct partnerships with St. Louis area schools.

Saint Louis University political science major Faith Townsell has been named a 2025-2027 Voyager Scholarship Recipient. The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service supports students who have a passion for helping others, experience serving their communities, and can demonstrate an expansive view of what's possible through public service.

"Soul on Fire," a film based on the life story of John O'Leary (CSB '99) and shot on the campus of Saint Louis University in 2023, opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, Oct. 10. The film had a star-studded world premiere in St. Louis at Powell Hall on Oct. 2.

The Center for Bosnian Studies at Saint Louis University will present Nermana Huskić with the 2025 Civic Courage Award for commitment to the civic values of respect, equality and pluralism that represent the best traditions of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Saint Louis University’s Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing held its White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 26, at St. Francis Xavier College Church. For the first time, students from all three nursing pathways —the traditional four-year BSN, the accelerated BSN, and the accelerated MSN program —were honored together in a unified celebration.

A new designation on Missouri driver’s licenses aims to protect individuals who stutter during interactions with law enforcement and first responders. The medical alert notation, which went into effect in late August, is the result of a multi-year advocacy effort led by Christine Rose, a speech-language pathologist at Saint Louis University.

Saint Louis University senior Russell Hooker Jr. has been named a 2025-2026 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a year-long program that recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for some of society's toughest challenges. The fellowship is named in honor of Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact's founders.

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.

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. Climate TRACE is a non-profit coalition of organizations building a timely, open, and accessible inventory of exactly where greenhouse gas emissions are coming from

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.

Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) presents two new exhibitions this fall. “From War to Classroom: The Bosnian Student Project” opens Friday Sept. 19, and “Intersections: Memory, Identity, and Place” opens Friday, Sept. 12.

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