Campus & Community

In 2025, the WashU community made new discoveries, celebrated new victories and launched new efforts to make the globe safer and healthier. 

Washington University in St. Louis achieved reaccreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, which resulted in updates to the university’s academic credit policy.

The Provost’s Office and the Research Development Office recently awarded the 2025 Transcend Initiative grants.

The Office of the Provost is offering a daylong faculty mentoring intensive Jan. 16. Faculty from across the Danforth and Medical campuses are invited to register to attend.

Eleven WashU research teams recently received Global Incubator Seed Grants to kick-start international projects.

Even after factoring in student loan payments, completing a college degree continues to pay off, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis’ Center for Social Development at the Brown School.

The Bauer Leadership Center at WashU’s Olin Business School invites faculty and researchers across the university to apply for two funding opportunities that advance the study and teaching of leadership. 

As WashU continues to advance its mission, the university is recognizing its strategic plan successes.

WashU Medicine deans Eva Aagaard, MD, and Nichole Zehnder, MD, have been promoted to assume greater roles leading the Office of Education’s efforts to train the next generation of health and science professionals. Their promotions take effect Nov. 1.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin has announced a new Washington University in St. Louis initiative to further promote academic freedom, viewpoint diversity and civic education. The Ordered Liberty Project will recruit endowed faculty across disciplines and support existing programs to build an intellectual culture where rigorous debate strengthens both scholarship and student learning.