Author: Terri Nappier

In this issue, we celebrate our recent graduates and look at the many ways our students, faculty and alumni — through scholarship, pedagogy and community engagement — contribute to the greater good.

In the early days of the pandemic, personal protective equipment was in short supply in the U.S., and its availability continues to be a problem globally, leaving health-care workers and their communities exposed. Jennifer DeLaney, MD ’97, has been on a remarkable journey leading a local effort to help.

Two Washington University scientists are reconstructing past climate and cultural shifts in the Peruvian Andes. Today, such high-altitude parts of the tropics are warming faster than the rest of the globe. What Bronwen Konecky and Sarah Baitzel discover could help predict how this delicate ecosystem might be affected in the future.

The university develops a new “curriculum” to help members of our community cope during the pandemic.

The effects of climate change cannot be handled piecemeal, argues Derek Hoeferlin. Managing 21st-century waterways will require coordination on a continental scale — and a foundational understanding of how water shapes our environment.

Now more than a year into the pandemic, we are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. I’m happy to report, despite the challenges we face as a community, that we continue to advance our mission in education, research and patient care.

Alumni and students find professional development resources and community amidst uncertainty.

WashU alumni are among the researchers working around-the-clock on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. They say they won’t rest until there are no more deaths from COVID-19.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin delivers his State of the University address and updates the campus community on the university’s resilience and perseverance.

Find out how Washington University got its name, and learn more about its founding, its mission and some of its pivotal leaders over the years.