Campus & Community

To Emily Jungheim, MD, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, family is everything. She helps couples who struggle with infertility.

Thanks to a $7 million commitment from Washington University alumnus and trustee Gary M. Sumers, the university will have a true starting point for the campus visitor experience. The Gary M. Sumers Welcome Center is part of the transformation of the east end of the Danforth Campus.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton shared plans for the transformation of the east end of the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis to the Board of Trustees during its Oct. 7 meeting. He presented designs for the seven major components of the undertaking.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is a Washington University treasure and one of the oldest teaching museums in the country. Now, to help secure the museum’s future, the William T. Kemper Foundation has pledged $5 million to fund long-range capital needs, including a major expansion.

a historic day at Washington University in St. Louis. “I think it’s amazing that history is happening right here,” one of our students quipped. So did we. Watch how our Washington University videographers captured the day.

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

As the eyes of the world were focused on Washington University, here’s what one set of eyes inside the debate hall observed.

Washington University hosted what pundits and politicians alike called one of the most historic presidential debates in history. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump faced off Oct. 9 in the Field House, in front of a crowd of 1,000, including students, politicians and dignitaries.

The eyes of the world will be on this very stage beginning at 8 p.m. (CDT) tonight. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look.

This Sunday, Oct. 9, Washington University will host the second presidential debate. A supporting cast of more than 4,500 journalists, student volunteers, local police officers, vendors, student audience members, campaign staff and surrogates, and university employees also will play important roles in this historic event.