Campus & Community

Washington University in St. Louis has joined SlaveVoyages, a collaborative digital initiative that compiles records related to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. William Acree, co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²), says membership provides university faculty and students an opportunity to both benefit from and contribute to SlaveVoyages’ critical scholarship.

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²) has announced the three winners of its inaugural St. Louis High School Student Paper Awards. 

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity has announced six recipients of its 2023 Faculty Fellowships.

Washington University in St. Louis has admitted 50 rising high school sophomores to its innovative College Prep Program, a multiyear initiative that prepares high-achieving students with limited financial resources for college.

The Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, established in 2005 by Yale University and Howard University to recognize outstanding scholarly achievement, recently inducted four WashU doctoral candidates.

Many sessions from this year’s Day of Dialogue and Action were recorded and are now available to view online.

Washington University will launch a new cohort initiative, the Kessler Scholars Program, to recruit and support first-generation and Pell Grant-eligible STEM students who want to tackle societal challenges such as public health and climate change.

Washington University in St. Louis’ Supplier Diversity Department staff debuted a new online tool designed to make partnering with diverse businesses easier.

Women continue to be underrepresented in top jobs in America’s institutions of higher education, holding less than 40% of executive leadership roles. One notable exception is Washington University in St. Louis, where women comprise 89% of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s cabinet.

Trailblazer Victoria Fraser, MD, head of the Department of Medicine, the medical school’s largest department, advocates for equity in academic medicine and addresses structural barriers that limit the careers of women and members of other underrepresented groups.