Campus & Community

Virologist Maritza Puray-Chavez, a staff scientist at the School of Medicine, has been named a 2023 Dr. Eddie Mendez Scholar by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

WashU’s Heartland Initiative aims to expand educational access to students from small towns in Missouri and southern Illinois. This fall, a new team of rural admissions officers logged 10,000 miles traveling to 80 schools in rural Missouri and Illinois, some for the very first time.

WashU’s new network for Hispanic, Latinx and Latin American alumni is nearly 20 years in the making.

The Ann W. and Spencer T. Olin-Chancellor’s Fellowship will host the 2023 “She Leads Symposium @ WashU” from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 20 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.

WashU has been selected as a Top 30 campus for LGBTQ+ students by Campus Pride, a leading national nonprofit working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ+ students.

Washington University in St. Louis will adopt a “no-loan” financial aid policy beginning in fall 2024, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.

Trish Gomez, associate director in the Office of Institutional Equity, is being recognized as a “champion for diversity and inclusion” by the St. Louis Business Journal.

Washington University faculty hosted a one-week seminar designed to connect high school teachers to experts and resources in local Black history and culture.

At Washington University, we are firmly committed to cultivating a diverse student body that includes individuals from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. Diversity in many dimensions is critically important to our community and our mission in support of teaching, research and patient care.

Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to join the First Scholars Network by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation.