Campus & Community

More than 5,000 St. Louisans have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, April 23, a community-wide memorial service, organized by WashU’s Rebecca Messbarger, will take place in Forest Park. The event will include original music, guest speakers and the ceremonial lighting of 1,500 lanterns around the waters of the Grand Basin.

The latest edition of Field Notes travels to Fairbanks, Alaska, where Karolina Cysneiros de Carvalho, a PhD student at the McKelvey School of Engineering, studied how cold and dark conditions impact air pollution.

WashU’s greatest source of renewable energy is its alumni.

The Office of the Provost recently announced the launch of a new program aimed at supporting scholarship for pre-tenure faculty impacted by COVID-19.

Diana Montaño, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, has won the Alfred B. Thomas Award for her book “Electrifying Mexico: Technology and the Transformation of a Modern City.”

Alumnus David Ulevitch’s résumé is filled with personal entrepreneurial successes, yet today he finds mentoring entrepreneurs as well as college students and young alumni among his most fulfilling endeavors.

“After 18 months of dedicated work by a large and diverse group of contributors, we are poised to launch our strategic plan in May.”

A new mural honors some of the university’s athletes and a program that lets students shine both on the field and off.

Olin’s MBA entrepreneurship program — ranked No. 1 by Poets & Quants for three consecutive years — is a pivotal part of a school-, university- and community-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem helping students and alumni become successful entrepreneurs. And St. Louis’ status as a national epicenter for entrepreneurs is soaring as a result.

A passionate and effective champion of LGBTQ+ rights, Washington University in St. Louis junior Ranen Miao has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, the premier graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers in public service.