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Undergraduate Jordan Neeley in Arts & Sciences is using geospatial tools to better understand how water erodes a bedrock river at Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park. She is sharing her research at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in December.

Mary McKay, the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed vice provost of interdisciplinary initiatives in the Office of the Provost.

The charge was ambitious. Conditions were complicated. The results have been transformative. The Lewis Collaborative, located less than a mile north of Washington University’s Danforth Campus, represents a new chapter for one of University City’s oldest and most storied sites. Over the last century, the sprawling, three-building complex — originally built as an art school for women — has housed a junior high, a high school, district offices and, most recently, studio and classroom space...

May 3, 2021 SHARE Brookings Hall (Photo: James Byard/Washington University) Washington University in St. Louis is committed to meeting the safety needs of its entire community. Today, the university announced plans for how it will implement recommendations made recently by its Public Safety Committee. The committee issued its report to university leadership in February. The group, composed of students, faculty, alumni and staff, was convened to examine public safety and policing on the D...

WashU requiring students to be fully vaccinated before returning to campus this fall Washington University students must be fully vaccinated before they arrive on campus in St. Louis for the start of the fall semester or by Aug. 30 Author: Dori Olmos, Tracy Hinson (KSDK) Published: 2:11 PM CDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 10:37 PM CDT April 28, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Washington University students will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine before returni...

A rendering of Francis Tuttle Technology Center’s Danforth campus. A changing economy, one with increased focus and reliance on technology and data, requires a re-think in how the next generation is educated. Whether it’s high school students, or adults navigating their way into the modern workforce, the “tried and true” way of doing things won’t cut it when the job expectations keep changing. Workforce training and career education must keep up with that change. “The best way to pr...

Student Young tutors incarcerated students, co-founded reentry fund to help formerly incarcerated make fresh start April 14, 2021 SHARE Kennedy Young is among 13 members of the Washington University community who will receive a Virgil Ethic of Service Award during a virtual ceremony at 6 p.m. April 21. Young is a co-founder of the Reentry Collective, which provides direct cash assistance to formerly incarcerated people. Kennedy Young, a junior at Washington University in St. Louis, used ...

The endless possibilities of poetry With a storied literary past, Washington University continues to provide time, place and space to stretch as a poet. April 9, 2021 SHARE On any given day, the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis campus offers an opportunity to revel in its rich poetry tradition, if you know where to look. Places such as east of Olin Library, where an allée of ginkgo trees stands and that once inspired Poet Laureate Howard Nemerov to write “The Consent...

South 40 House to be renamed in recognition of their support March 8, 2021 SHARE Washington University in St. Louis alumnus and emeritus trustee Arnold B. Zetcher and his wife, Ellen, have made a significant commitment to establish an endowed scholarship for undergraduate students, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. Arnold and Ellen Zetcher (Photo: Jason Elias) The Arnold and Ellen Zetcher Scholarship will be open to students with financial need entering any of the university’s four un...

Findings highlight safety, policing, wellness and resources February 26, 2021 SHARE A newly released report provides insight into public safety at Washington University in St. Louis, with a focus on exploring how the university can best support safety on and near the Danforth Campus to meet the needs of its diverse community. The report was completed this month by the university’s Public Safety Committee, which Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for civic affairs and strategic plan...