Campus & Community

This fall, Washington University will launch a new mental health doctoral training program that will expand clinical mental health services on campus while cultivating a new generation of expert psychologists. 

University College is now the School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS). The new name reflects the university’s commitment to serve the needs of St. Louis’ adult learners of all ages and backgrounds.

The Career Center has announced the inaugural cohort of the Pershing Fellowship in Nonprofit Leadership, an innovative internship program that connects rising juniors and seniors to leading nonprofit and community organizations. The university will provide fellows a competitive $10,000 stipend.

Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to join the First Scholars Network by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation. 

Students from the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering competed in the WERC Environmental Design Contest as a part of their environmental engineering capstone course, winning second place in the bench-scale competition.

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has named Washington University rising senior Avital Isakov an Astronaut Scholar. The prestigious fellowship is for college juniors and seniors who are studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has recognized Washington University in St. Louis as an American Talent Initiative High-Flier, a group of 28 high-graduation-rate institutions that are national leaders in college access and success for lower-income students.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

In his remarks to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2023, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin encouraged graduates to “remember your resilience, and use your creativity, your curiosity, your care and your courage to change the world.”

Sterling K. Brown, a St. Louis native and an award-winning actor and producer, gave the Commencement address May 15, urging graduates to follow their inner voice, to replace fear with curiosity, and to know that they can love friends and family even when they disagree.