Campus & Community

Timothy Miller and Anjan Thakor are the recipients of WashU’s 2026 faculty achievement awards. They were among several people recognized during WashU’s annual Founders Day celebration.

WashU will host two polling places on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. St. Louis County voters may cast their ballots at the Athletic Complex, while those registered to vote in St. Louis are invited to vote at the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4565 McKinley Ave.

WashU employees should enroll in, or update, 2027 health insurance and other benefits starting Monday, Nov. 2, through Nov. 13.

Derek Hoeferlin has been installed as the Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture at the WashU Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Jenika Scott, a doctoral student at the WashU Brown School, has received an honorable mention for the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award for an article published in the Journal of Community Practice.

WashU Medicine maternal-fetal specialists are collaborating with rural obstetricians to reduce patients’ travel time and improve access to high-risk pregnancy care.

Ram Dixit, a renowned scientist who studies how plants evolve over time, has been named the George and Charmaine Mallinckrodt Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences.

The WashU Continuing & Professional Studies Empower English program is seeking volunteers to support adult English language students during their upcoming mock interview sessions at the Delmar Divine Nov. 3 and 10.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Members of the Voter Champions Network and WashU Votes, both initiatives of the Gephardt Institute, connect students, faculty and staff to voter information.