Arnold Bullock, MD (center), a professor at WashU Medicine, talks with Chancellor Andrew D. Martin during the Celebrating Diversity reception for faculty and staff Oct. 30 at Harbison House. (Photo: Mena Darré/WashU)
Students and their families enjoy giant checkers, corn hole and other lawn games during the Parent and Family Weekend barbecue and tailgate party Nov. 2 outside Simon Hall. (Photo: Danny Reise/WashU)
Parents, students and WashU deans and administrators mingle at the Chancellor’s Reception, held Nov. 1 in Crowder Courtyard during the fall Parents Council meeting. (Photo: Sid Hastings/WashU)
Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs (center), greets students and families during the Parent and Family Weekend barbecue Nov. 2. (Photo: Danny Reise/WashU)
Students who did not have family in town for Parent and Family Weekend could take part in a Bears Family Dinner Nov. 1. Joined by faculty and staff, students enjoyed food at the City Foundry. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./WashU)
WashU hosted a St. Louis County polling place in the Athletic Complex for the Nov. 5 general election. Before and after voting, students, faculty, staff and community members joined the Gephardt Institute for their Party at the Polls event, which included local treats and games. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)
On Election Day, Nov. 5, junior Amelia Hines, along with many other WashU community members, casts a ballot in the varsity gym at the Athletic Complex. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)
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Office of Sustainability student associates Cate Young (left) and Wissal Boudaoud (right) join Aamna Anwer, sustainability coordinator, in the Skinker MetroLink station to hoist the trophy for winning Citizens for Modern Transit’s College Transit Challenge. The annual competition encourages students, staff and faculty from local colleges to use MetroLink and Metro buses. (Photo: Danny Reise/WashU)
Student Affairs hosted the Kessler Scholars coin ceremony Oct. 29 at the Whittemore House. The event is the official welcome for new scholars, among them Luis Tinajero Areola (second from left) and Jayden Wright (second from right). The program provides financial and academic support to first-generation and limited-income students pursuing majors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Photo: Carol Green/WashU)
Ten WashU researchers received a 2024 Catalyst Award grant for cancer research, announced Oct. 15 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. The grants are funded by friends of Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine. Among this year’s awardees are Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD (left), Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD, and Priyanka Verma, PhD. (Photo: Carol Green/WashU)
The ginkgo leaves on the Ginkgo Allée were starting to turn yellow Oct. 29. The beloved ginkgo trees lose their leaves in late autumn and are a favorite of the university community. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)
Students enjoy the beautiful fall foliage on the South 40 while walking to class Oct. 29. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)
Autumn leaves frame Brookings Hall Oct. 29. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)

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