Campus & Community

Images of Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s inauguration through the WashU lens.

In his inaugural address, Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Andrew D. Martin called on the university community to build upon its momentum as a leader in teaching, research and patient care to better serve the St. Louis community. 

On Oct. 3, 2019, Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor D. Martin delivered his inaugural address, “Momentum,” in Brookings Quadrangle before an audience of students, faculty, staff, alumni and delegates from universities across America, as well as local leaders in education, business and government.

Today, as he was inaugurated as Washington University in St. Louis’ 15th chancellor, Andrew D. Martin announced the WashU Pledge, a bold new financial aid program that will provide a free undergraduate education to incoming, full-time Missouri and southern Illinois students who are Pell Grant-eligible or from families with annual incomes of $75,000 or less.

A sweeping campus planning, design and construction project has transformed the Danforth Campus two years after the start of construction. The largest capital project in the university’s recent history, the East End Transformation was officially dedicated Oct. 2.

A tam is the distinctive head covering typically worn in academic celebrations. Here’s a look at the specially designed custom tams created for the inauguration of Andrew D. Martin by Meredith Liu, a senior fashion major in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Tomorrow’s inauguration of Andrew D. Martin as 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis is a time-honored academic tradition, and will be a day of celebration and fanfare. Here’s everything you need to know.

Andrew D. Martin, who began his chancellorship June 1, 2019, will be inaugurated as the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in Brookings Quadrangle. During his inaugural address, Martin will announce a new transformative university initiative focused on affordability and access.

Sweeping views. An expansive park. And a killer turkey wrap. These are just a few highlights of the newly completed east end project, the university’s largest capital project in recent history. The newly completed east end encompasses 18 acres of the Danforth Campus, adds five new buildings, expands the university’s world-class Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, moves hundreds of parking spaces underground and creates a new park where students can meet, relax and celebrate. Here, we offer a list of must-see attractions.