Campus & Community

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) offers students ages 50 and older intellectually challenging courses and camaraderie. Recently discovered photos and essays from an OLLI memoir writing course emphasize the gift of lifelong learning.

Arboretum curator Stan Braude shares his goal for the campus landscape as well as for those who enjoy it.

A transformative initiative “makes way” for top applicants by aiming to increase financial resources for promising students at every income level and to create a “best-in-class” experience.

Janet S. Lee, MD, a highly regarded physician-scientist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, has been chosen to lead the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine. Her appointment is effective Jan. 3.

Arts & Sciences students Sam Ko and Dev Mukundan earned full scholarships to attend the SEEDS Leadership Meeting this month at the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments & Societies at the University of Arizona.

Washington University in St. Louis’ strategic vision, “Here and Next,” is moving into its next phase: implementation planning.

Applications are now open for the $50,000 Global Impact Award. The deadline is Dec. 2.

Patrick Hill, in Arts & Sciences, received a three-year $237,970 grant from Velux Stiftung, a Swiss science-funding foundation, for research on future time perspective as a motivator for healthy aging practices.

The “Divided City” initiative at Washington University has awarded 2022 faculty collaborative grants to develop a documentary on local bus stops and to plan an Indigenous STL conference for summer 2023.

Philip Skemer, a professor in Arts & Sciences, won a $321,515 grant from the National Science Foundation to support collaborative research on subduction zones.