Campus & Community

Aaron Y. Lee, MD, a leader in applying artificial intelligence to ophthalmology research and patient care, will head the John. F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at WashU Medicine.

WashU is among 13 colleges participating in the Campus Compact EnviroCorps initiative, a federal AmeriCorps program to reduce waste, boost energy efficiency and protect natural resources. WashU’s EnviroCorps fellows are planting trees, weatherizing homes and donating items from the WashU Circularity Center to local nonprofits in need.

Simone Biles, widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, will deliver the May 12 Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

WashU has once again been named a Voter Friendly Campus, one of 272 campuses nationwide that have successfully implemented practices that encourage students to register and vote.

Jacob Chacko, inaugural executive director of WashU’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion and interim director of the Spectrum office in the Division of Student Affairs, has been chosen to serve on the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center’s board of directors.

Images from on and around the WashU campuses.

Steven Bassnett, a national leader in vision research, has been installed as the inaugural Grace Nelson Lacy Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology at WashU Medicine.

Julian Fleischman, an associate professor emeritus of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, died Jan. 18 at his home in Sharon, Mass., from complications following a fall. He was 91.

At the WashU Board of Trustees meeting March 7, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, with most taking effect July 1.

Jason He has been named the Laura and William Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at WashU.