Campus & Community

Each fall, the leaves of almost half of North America’s species of trees and shrubs turn red. Biologist Susanne S. Renner at Washington University in St. Louis helps explain why the North American fall is so red, compared with Europe, and also what changes to fall foliage we can expect under climate change.

Deborah J. Lenschow, MD, PhD, professor at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named an Innovation Fund Investigator by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Olin Library will offer extended hours beginning Monday, Nov. 8, with the building accessible until midnight Sundays-Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and 7 p.m. on Saturdays. Olin Library also will be open 24 hours a day during reading week and final exams, Dec. 10-21.

Brandie Jefferson, senior news director for engineering and brain sciences in University Marketing & Communications, was one of three presenters on a recent panel at ScienceWriters2021, a joint meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

At the university’s recent Board of Trustees meeting, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, with most new roles taking effect Oct. 1.

Through the innovative ‘Made to Model’ program, WashU students are producing, designing and creating formal fashion for St. Louis-area kids who might otherwise be overlooked.

The Washington University community is invited to watch a livestreamed conversation Nov. 9 between former first lady Michelle Obama and college students including WashU sophomore Natasha Chisholm. 

The McKelvey School of Engineering has launched a new Division of Engineering Education, headed by Jay Turner, to focus on world-class education for students and tools for faculty.

Abram Van Engen, professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has won the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism.”