Campus & Community

WashU creates exceptional residential experiences for undergrads and grad students by building living and learning communities that cultivate a sense of family and fun — and that have been recognized as being second to none.

According to leadership expert Kurt Dirks, anyone can be a leader. Here, he proposes three ways WashU can help transform the concept and create leaders who can make positive change.

Willem Dickhoff in Arts & Sciences won a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on “Green’s functions and the nuclear many-body problem.”

James R. Duncan, MD, PhD, a professor of radiology, and Erin Hickey, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics, have been named the 2022-24 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellows at the School of Medicine.

Paul Banda, BS ’15, MA ’17, is a multimedia artist. His paintings depict his memories of growing up in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa, and so much more.

Mungai Mutonya in Arts & Sciences has received a second fellowship from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to continue the collaborative educational project initiated at the University of Nairobi during his 2021 fellowship.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

David Warren, a grant analyst in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Washington University in St. Louis, died July 17, 2022, at his home in Olivette, Mo. He was 66.

Make peace with food. Honor your hunger. Reject a diet mentality. These are the important lessons that Rebecca Miller, assistant director for nutrition and dietary wellness at Washington University Dining Services, shares with new students.

Washington University in St. Louis has joined with 14 other universities in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments in two cases challenging longstanding precedent that allows universities to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions.