Campus & Community

Sam Fox, a business and civic leader who was also among St. Louis’ most prominent philanthropists and WashU’s most loyal and generous alumni, died Dec. 2, surrounded by friends and family. He was 95.

Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, has been named a 2024-25 Institute for Economic Equity research fellow by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Nearly 1,500 students, faculty, advisers and others recently participated in hands-on practice events, and provided feedback, as WashU prepares for the first use of Workday Student in February. Online support is available, and instructor-led adviser training will begin in January.

The Taylor Family Center for Student Success, along with the Center for Career Engagement at WashU, are expanding the Professional Clothes Closet to offer more free business attire to students. The closet is accepting donations of professional clothing.

Students from WashU’s Brown School recently took their classroom lessons to the frontlines of local policy, offering public testimony on a bill aimed at expanding nontraditional housing options in St. Louis.

The ad hoc committee established by the WashU Board of Trustees to review the university’s policies and guidelines governing on-campus protests and demonstrations is continuing its work and expects to submit a report in March. WashU community input is welcome.

Siteman Cancer Center’s new building for outpatient care will be named the Gary C. Werths Building. A transformative commitment by the late Werths and his husband, Richard Frimel, will support cancer research and medical student scholarships.

Clarivate, an analytics company, named 47 researchers from WashU to the Highly Cited Researchers 2024 list. These scholars represent a wide variety of disciplines, including environment and ecology; immunology; neuroscience and behavior; and social sciences.

The College Writing Program recently celebrated the 2024 winners and finalists of the James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize.

Students in the social choice systems class at Washington University are learning about design challenges in social choice systems like redistricting.