Campus & Community

The 18th annual African Film Festival returns to Washington University in St. Louis March 22-24. Highlights include screenings of “Omen,” an award-winning drama from the Democratic Republic of Congo; “Banel and Adama,” a love story from Senegal; and the youth matinee featuring five short films including the Annie Award-winning animated short “Enkai.”

Senior Emma Kelley, of the No. 2 Washington University in St. Louis women’s track and field team, turned in a historic time at the Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships March 9. The overall team finished second.

Renée Shellhaas, MD, the David T. Blasingame Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded the Child Neurology Society’s 2024 Hower Award.

We are saddened that Fontbonne University’s Board has made the difficult decision to cease operations. Our institutions have enjoyed a long history of mutual support and friendship as neighbors and community partners. Fontbonne and Washington University have maintained close communication for many years, including recent discussions about how we can support Fontbonne as they considered […]

Ramesh Agarwal, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to receive the 2024 Thermal and Fluids Engineering Award from the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers.

Washington University in St. Louis alumnus George Bauer and his wife, Carol Bauer, of New Canaan, Conn., have made a $20 million commitment to establish and endow the Washington University in St. Louis George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy, an innovative new initiative that places values-based leadership development at the center of the WashU experience for all students.

The St. Louis Area Brain Bee continues to draw students from across the region as interest in neuroscience grows. More than 60 high school students representing 32 schools joined this year’s event March 2 at Washington University in St. Louis. Participants conducted neuroscience experiments, explored careers in neuroscience and tested their knowledge of the human brain and the nervous system. 

Nearly two years after flash flooding caused major damage to Metro St. Louis’ Forest Park station, westbound platforms at Skinker and University City stops, near Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth Campus, have reopened. Scheduled route times also have been adjusted.

Julie K. Schwarz, MD, PhD, a highly regarded radiation oncologist known for her innovative mindset in treating patients and leading research to develop new treatments for deadly gynecologic cancers and heart conditions, has been named a William H. Danforth Washington University Physician Scholar.

Amarnath Ghosh, a master’s of fine arts candidate in dance in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was killed in the Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood of St. Louis Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. He was 34.