Campus & Community

Decades ago, a group of WashU women formed a deep friendship as sorority sisters. Now, some 65 years later, it’s still going strong.

WashU combines philanthropy and the endowment, expanding student access and boosting transformative problem solving.

Monica J. Allen, vice chancellor and general counsel at Washington University in St. Louis, will retire from the university Nov. 3 after nearly 20 years of service, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. 

Members of the WashU and St. Louis communities may now recycle their glass in the Ripple Glass depository in the West Campus parking lot. 

Nominations are open for WashU’s Distinguished Honor Awards, which recognize staff members’ important contributions. The deadline is March 15.

Heath Rutledge-Jukes, 25, a second-year student at WashU Medicine, has earned a spot on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” education list.

WashU has celebrated Sandro Galea’s installation as dean, marking a major milestone for public health and the launch of its first new school in a century.

The WashU community is invited to watch Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s State of the University address online at 2 p.m. Feb. 25. A recording also will be available later.

Two WashU sophomores are among the 12 scholars chosen nationwide to participate in the Institute for Responsible Citizenship Washington Program, a highly selective initiative for talented Black male college students.  

Neuroscientist Juliet Mwirigi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, has been named a Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.