The Last Children of Mill Creek
Vivian Gibson, MA ’12, grew up in St. Louis’s Mill Creek Valley neighborhood, which was razed in 1959 to build a highway. In her moving memoir, Gibson recreates the everyday lived experiences of her tight-knit, African-American community.
#WashUtogether
Welcome to #WashUtogether, a home for stories, photographs and videos of our Washington University caring for one another and our communities. For though we are apart, our students, faculty, staff and alumni are forever #WashUtogether. Washington University announces plans for fall semester Since spring, Washington University in St. Louis has been planning for the upcoming […]
Coming together to support the St. Louis community
As Washington University in St. Louis researchers and physicians join the fight to halt COVID-19 proliferation across the globe, our staff, students and doctors are working tirelessly to care for the St. Louis community we call home.
University joins COVID-19 Regional Response Fund effort
Washington University in St. Louis joined business, government and philanthropic leaders to take part in the COVID-19 Regional Response Fund, created to assist area nonprofits affected by the pandemic.
Coronavirus alters Washington University history
In the wake of the global crisis set into motion by COVID-19, extraordinary actions were put into place involving almost every aspect of Washington University life, including remote learning, working — and living.
WashU Counts: campus prepares for 2020 census
The 2020 U.S. census starts soon, and the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement wants to make sure every student at Washington University in St. Louis is counted. A new website explains how the census works and dispels some common myths.
‘Tale of Two Cities’ — Day of Dialogue & Action session to explore building a stronger St. Louis for all
Incomes in St. Louis are rising — for white residents. Development is booming — in the central corridor. And the population is rising — in select neighborhoods. “It really is a tale of two cities,” said Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor. At the Day of Dialogue & Action on Wednesday, Feb. 19, Webber and Chancellor Andrew D. Martin will ask participants for their ideas about ways to improve the region.
Mastercard awards Social Policy Institute $1.5 million grant
The Mastercard Impact Fund recently awarded the Social Policy Institute (SPI) at Washington University in St. Louis a three-year, $1.5 million grant. Mastercard’s founding partnership of the SPI will further strengthen the institute’s ability to use research and data science to impact social policy and to promote inclusive growth in the St. Louis community and beyond.
The transformers
George Bauer and Robert O’Loughlin revive one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, St. Louis Union Station, anchoring it with a beautifully restored Grand Hall, stunning new aquarium and 200-foot-tall lighted Ferris wheel.
WashU Expert: How to pick a science fair project
To the 80,000 parents — um, make that students — who will compete in the upcoming St. Louis Science Fair, Washington University in St. Louis senior Sam Martorana offers this advice: Follow your passion, not the rubric.
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