Announcements

The Missouri primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 4, and the Gephardt Institute is hosting polling locations on both the Danforth and Medical campuses.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The Washington University Police Department (WashU PD) will conduct an active threat training exercise July 9 on the Danforth Campus.

The university has completed the first year of With You: The WashU Campaign, with the community stepping up to help advance research, learning opportunities and patient care.

Live Near Your Work, WashU’s innovative forgivable home loan program, is expanding its footprint of eligible neighborhoods to include downtown and portions of south St. Louis, north St. Louis and north St. Louis County. 

A new minor program at WashU McKelvey Engineering will equip students with the ability to connect technical decisions with societal outcomes.

WashU Night at the Ballpark will be Aug. 30, when the Cardinals face the Pittsburgh Pirates. Each ticket will include a hot dog and soda at the game.

Applications are open for the AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program, which connects leaders of early AI startups to resources. It’s open to faculty, students and researchers from WashU and other institutions that recently launched Third Coast Foundry. The deadline is Friday, May 1.

The Skandalaris Center has established the WashU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Nominations for the inaugural class are open until May 4.

“Ideas Matter” is a new WashU podcast focused on the forces shaping our lives.