Next week marks the one-year anniversary of events in Ferguson that have since reverberated across the entire St. Louis community and the nation. The tragedy in Ferguson and subsequent events across the country have affected all and raised consciousness to major challenges that must be met. This special issue of the Record includes perspectives and updates intended to give us the opportunity not only to look back, but also to learn, engage and think about the road ahead.

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion, which launched last fall, has given students and the broader university community a place to connect around the issues of diversity and inclusion both on and off campus. Director LaTanya N. Buck, PhD, outlines the center's strategic priorities and provides an update on some significant progress.

During a retreat this summer, senior leaders at the School of Medicine explored unconscious bias and how to diminish its impact in medical environments. As part of the event, participants brainstormed how to work through barriers involving students, research, clinical care, faculty and staff.

Last fall, the Sam Fox School and the Center for the Humanities -- with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation -- launched The Divided City, an urban humanities initiative exploring historical and contemporary segregation. Funded projects include an oral history of the Ferguson movement, launched this summer by Jeffrey McCune, PhD (right), Clarissa Hayward, PhD, and Meredith Evans, PhD.

Two Washington University seniors and one 2015 graduate (David Dwight, right) are assisting the Ferguson Commission to create and write its recommendations to improve education, municipal courts and governments, economic opportunities and the relationship between residents and law enforcement.

View artwork created at the Day of Discovery event earlier this year, and share your thoughts. Locations on Danforth and Medical campuses.

Opportunities on the Danforth and Medical campuses to talk about issues of diversity and inclusion.

Washington University Libraries staff will share the community-sourced open repository that documents events in or inspired by Ferguson.