Campus & Community

St. Louis recently became the first jurisdiction in the Midwest — and just the fourth in the country — to adopt a comprehensive new standard designed to reduce its carbon footprint. Washington University’s Office of Sustainability provided technical expertise to support the new standard’s development.

The Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation & Entrepreneurship recently announced winners of two major competitions.

Washington University faculty, staff and students are contributing to a project to create fabric masks for campus members and others in St. Louis to wear when they need to leave their homes during the pandemic.

The spring semester at Washington University was not supposed to end like this — with empty labs and remote classrooms; canceled traditions and idle walkways; scattered friends and electronic colleagues. But the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) changed everything. Here’s a look at the many ways Washington University responded in the first uncertain weeks of a new reality.

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 […]

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. 

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.

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.

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.