Greenwood Cemetery association to be honored with Rosa Parks award
Members of the Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association will receive the annual Rosa L. Parks Award during the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at Graham Chapel.
St. Louis Confluence Collaborative search committee convenes
A committee comprised of WashU faculty and staff, along with key community partners, is working to identify the Confluence Collaborative’s inaugural faculty executive director.
Paving a path to WashU for rural students
WashU’s Heartland Initiative aims to expand educational access to students from small towns in Missouri and southern Illinois. This fall, a new team of rural admissions officers logged 10,000 miles traveling to 80 schools in rural Missouri and Illinois, some for the very first time.
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St. Louis is our home, and WashU is partnering with organizations across the region for the well-being of the city and its citizens.
Long-COVID clinic expanding reach to vulnerable metro, rural communities
A collaboration led by the School of Medicine aims to advance long-COVID care in medically vulnerable and underserved communities in the St. Louis metropolitan region and in rural Missouri. The WashU team won a five-year federal grant totaling $4.5 million.
School of Law tax clinic helps St. Louis woman keep her home
Students and faculty working with the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at the Washington University School of Law were able to help a St. Louis woman reduce her tax debt and keep her house.
Student groups work to reduce food waste
In an effort to reduce food waste, two student groups have joined forces to distribute healthy, fresh food to local shelters and food banks.
University impact demonstrated with new St. Louis initiatives inventory
A new online tool from WashU’s St. Louis Initiatives team showcases the university’s research and programmatic commitments to the city and region.
Live Near Your Work program expands eligible neighborhoods, size of forgivable loans
In an effort to better support employees and spur investment in historically disinvested neighborhoods, BJC HealthCare and WashU are expanding their Live Near Your Work homeownership program to include new neighborhoods in St. Louis, north St. Louis County and University City’s Third Ward.
St. Louis International Film Festival screenings begin on campus Nov. 10
WashU will host more than a dozen screenings as part of the 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival. The citywide event showcases the best in contemporary cinema.
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