Campus & Community

A faculty committee will soon start to meet to offer comments regarding U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “Call to Action” letter.

Washington University in St. Louis is taking the next step in its work to cultivate and maintain a community where all feel welcome, included and valued, based on new recommendations from the Inclusive Excellence Advisory Committee.

Stefani Weeden-Smith, a veteran St. Louis community engagement strategist, has been appointed assistant director of community engagement in the Office for Socially Engaged Practice in WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Kevin Cox Jr., an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, and Joe MacDonald, deputy dean at WashU Olin Business, are included in this year’s St. Louis Business Journal “40 under 40” class, which honors young professionals who define the region’s future.

Anna Cunningham, WashU’s assistant director of teaching innovation, helps faculty and students use artificial intelligence (AI) thoughtfully and ethically. She emphasizes that good teaching methods should guide AI use, not replace it.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

WashU Libraries Digital Collections will make it easier for students, faculty, researchers and other patrons to identify and access rare and historically valuable collections.

Film scholar and theorist Gaylyn Studlar, the David May Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Humanities and former director of the Film and Media Studies program in WashU Arts & Sciences, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in St. Louis. She was 73.

As part of her travel to universities across the country, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited WashU Sept. 16.

WashU will celebrate its first Learfield Directors’ Cup with a festival and a women’s soccer game on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Athletic Director Anthony Azama says the honor reflects the competitive spirit of WashU student athletes.