Campus & Community

Sophomore and ice cream fanatic Harrison Lieber hosts the grand opening of Campus Creamery, a late-night ice cream shop, on Thursday, March 30. Located on the South 40, the business is serving vanilla ice cream blended with a variety of mix-ins such as Froot Loops, Cocoa Puffs, Oreos and marshmallows.

Washington University emeritus trustee Andrew Taylor, executive chairman of Enterprise Holdings, and his wife, Barbara, have made a $15 million gift to establish the Taylor Family Center for Student Success. The center will connect students to resources, a community of peers — and access to social capital.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Lingxiu Dong, a professor who studies supply chain management at Olin Business School, has been installed as the Frahm Family Professor of Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology.

WashU faculty, staff and students logged the most trips on MetroLink and Metro buses during the College Transit Challenge among five local colleges and universities March 3-10.

Three early-career scientists who have conducted their research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been honored with the Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

The WashU community is invited to watch online Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s annual State of the University address at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23. Martin will update the university’s progress during the past year and focus on three main pillars: academic distinction, student access and our commitment to St. Louis.

The 17th annual African Film Festival at Washington University invites St. Louisans to see Africa’s most acclaimed films on the big screen. This year’s showcase, to be held March 24-26, includes six films and a youth matinee. 

Michelle Ann Noll, a senior research technician at the School of Medicine, died Feb. 25, 2023, after a battle with pulmonary fibrosis, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was 54.

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD, in the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received the 2023 Ernst H. Bárány Prize from the International Society for Eye Research.