Campus & Community

Melvin White decided the St. Louis street named for Martin Luther King Jr. fell far short of being worthy of its namesake – and he set out to change that. White founded the nonprofit Beloved Streets of America, and WUSTL honored his efforts with this year’s Rosa L. Parks Award.

Luce Scholar Jeremy Pivor, also a Rhodes and Marshall scholar finalist, sets course for his life’s work: becoming an international ocean policy expert.

At Washington University, broad efforts from a range of faculty are helping people understand — and act on — good science.

The lure of hidden treasure has launched countless ­expeditions — maddening searches for lost cities, sunken ships and buried fortunes.

Alumnus Qiu Xiaolong is author of a series of internationally acclaimed mystery novels featuring Chief Inspector Chen, a poet-detective who works to expose the historic brutality and ongoing corruption of the Chinese Communist Party.

Poet Mary Jo Bang finds a little Pink Floyd in Dante’s Inferno.

A 2,500-mile mission: Business graduate student Mike McLaughlin raises money and hope for vulnerable kids.

Student-founded businesses Dormify and Green Bean fill niches, free time.

Computer scientist Caitlin Kelleher’s not-so-secret agenda is to instill basic programming skills in the next generation of kids.

The Clintons head to campus April 5 to put global student service in the spotlight.