Month: August 2018

Kawanna Leggett, executive director of residential life at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected to the executive board of the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International. 

The dramatic rise of income inequality since 1970 has largely been caused by advances in marketing, says a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of the forthcoming book “Rents: How Marketing Causes Inequality.”

Images from throughout the Leading Together campaign.

Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University, a major multiyear fundraising initiative with an initial goal of $2.2 billion in funding toward university priorities, ended June 30 with a record-breaking $3.378 billion in gifts and commitments, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The campaign total includes an unprecedented $591 million for scholarships to enhance affordability and accessibility for outstanding students.

Washington University’s commitment to expanding opportunities for students from all socio-economic backgrounds has made a difference. Read the stories of a few stellar students.

Celebrated composer Darwin Aquino will join the Washington University Symphony Orchestra as conductor-in-residence beginning with the 2018-19 season.

Processes that were thought to take tens of thousands of years can happen in hours, according to new research. And that may change our understanding of the carbon cycle, and maybe the history of Earth’s climate.

An experimental drug reduces brain atrophy in people with progressive multiple sclerosis, raising hopes that it also can reduce disability. The School of Medicine is one of 28 clinical sites participating in the study.

Paul Tran, a Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, is one of five young poets awarded a $25,800 prize from the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine.

As classes resume, members of the Washington University in St. Louis community are reminded that they can download the mobile personal safety app Noonlight (formerly known as SafeTrek) for free.