Campus & Community

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin will give his first annual State of the University address at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16. He will provide an update on the university’s progress during the past year and offer opportunities for further conversation with administrative leaders.

WashU ExpressCare is open to the public, 18 and older, for same-day care for minor health concerns seven days a week, including holidays. The clinic offers appointments with a WashU emergency medicine physician virtually from home, or when necessary, in-person.

Dorothy Elliott, founding assistant director of the John B. Ervin Scholars Program, died Jan. 24, 2021, at her home in St. Louis. She was 84. Affectionately known as Mrs. E., Elliott was a sounding board, champion and second mother to generations of Ervin scholars.

Weikai Li, along with Michael J. Greenberg, both at the School of Medicine, and Michael L. Gross, in Arts & Sciences, received a three-year $750,000 grant from American Heart Association for their research titled “Interdisciplinary structural studies of iron homeostasis in cardiovascular health.”

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin speaks to Washington readers about university efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequities and more.

Washington University doctoral candidate Jae Kim has won a 2021 Literature Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions — and answers — about tuition and Washington University in St. Louis’ financial resources.

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will be $57,750 for the 2021-22 academic year — a $1,450 (2.6%) increase over the 2020-21 academic tuition of $56,300, announced Amy B. Kweskin, vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer.

Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, has been elected president of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Kenneth R. Boschert, DVM, associate director of the Division of Comparative Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, has received the Charles A. Griffin Award from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. The award recognizes those in veterinary medicine who have demonstrated ethical scientific or technological advancements in humane experimentation or improved animal care practices.