Campus & Community

Focus St. Louis selected some members of the WashU community to participate in its 2024-25 civic leadership programs.

Eight teachers from schools across the St. Louis region will be working with Washington University faculty members for the Summer 2024 Teacher Researcher Partnership Program.

Chris Anderson, grounds manager and horticulturalist at Washington University in St. Louis, is the recipient of this year’s Gloria W. White Distinguished Service Award.

Medical students at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently honored faculty and residents with Distinguished Service and Teaching Awards (DSTAs) for the 2023-24 academic year.

Yao Chen, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, is part of two teams that have been awarded grants to study the molecular processes that underlie memory and cognition.

This spring saw the graduation of the first cohort of the WashU Pledge, the bold scholarship initiative for Pell-eligible students from Missouri and southern Illinois set into motion by Chancellor Andrew Martin at his 2019 inauguration.

Shortly after Commencment, Chancellor Andrew Martin spent some time with Julia Blanchard, AB ’24, talking about what the WashU Pledge meant for her, her WashU Pledge cohort — and for a whole new generation of WashU students.

As incoming chair of the Alumni Board of Governors, Valerie Davisson aims to inspire WashU graduates to engage with and support their alma mater — and its students.

A WashU education helped prepare John W. Davis, AB ’74, for assignments in an international world of espionage.

Experiences with St. Louis organizations led alumna Samantha Searls to a career in advocating for immigrants.