Campus & Community

WashU Leadership Week, hosted by the Bauer Leaders Academy, offers workshops and panel discussions for students, faculty and staff. Programming includes leadership development sessions for faculty and staff plus the annual “She Leads” Symposium.

First-year WashU Medicine MD and MD/PhD students received their white coats at a ceremony Oct. 2. Other ceremonies recognized incoming students studying physical therapy, occupational therapy and audiology.

Beloved illustrator Mary Engelbreit has donated 120 original illustrations and related materials to WashU Libraries. The collection highlights her whimsical style, business acumen and activism and will support research, teaching and a public exhibition planned for July.

Metro Transit is piloting single-car MetroLink trains through spring 2027. The pilot will roll out in phases and riders should occasionally expect trains with only one car instead of the usual two.

The WashU community is encouraged to support the 2026 United Way of Greater St. Louis annual campaign. Launching Oct. 5, the campaign will raise funds to support over 150 local nonprofits and more than 1 million people in the 16-county region. 

Seth Denizen and Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich, both at the WashU Sam Fox School, have won the 2026 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize for “Thinking Through Soil: Wastewater Agriculture in the Mezquital Valley.”

WashU has launched free public tours of its nationally recognized arboretum, showcasing iconic trees, fall colors and campus biodiversity. WashU is among the rare college campuses to host a Level III arboretum and botanic garden.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Two members of the WashU community have been selected for Focus St. Louis’ fall 2026 Women In Leadership cohort.

Flu shots again will be available to WashU employees on the Danforth and Medical campuses this fall. Some employees may be required to receive the vaccine.