Campus & Community

The Parking and Transportation team shares updates on shuttle schedules, the “open park” policy during winter break and ride sharing.

In April 2008, an oak that had guided travelers for nearly three centuries collapsed. Today, its spirit endures on the Washington University campus, maintaining an ancient practice of human connection with nature.

Three students in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences were honored for their research.

Richard Vierstra, the George and Charmaine Mallinckrodt Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences, received a $62,707 supplemental grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of his phytochrome research.

Petra Levin, professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, received an $84,616 equipment supplement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to purchase a new chromatography system.

The Postdoc Peer Mentorship Program at WashU is accepting applications for experienced postdoctoral researchers who would like to serve as a mentor as well as new postdocs who would like a mentor on both the Danforth and Medical campuses. The application deadline is Jan. 14.

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study visual pathways.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Jamie Harris, a graduate student in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a Horizon Award for Emerging Artists as part of Ascend 2021, the National Black Arts Festival.

Jeffrey Catalano, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $295,464 major research instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a laboratory-based X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy instrument.