Announcements

Recognition Days will honor university staff members, 2022 service award recipients and Distinguished Honor Award winners beginning May 23.

The First Year Center is now known as Student Transitions & Family Programs, a reflection of the department’s expanded role supporting all undergraduate day-school students at Washington University.

Many sessions from this year’s Day of Dialogue and Action were recorded and are now available to view online.

Washington University in St. Louis has joined ​​Lights Out Heartland, a local initiative to limit light pollution during periods of peak bird migration — April and May in the spring and September and October in the fall.

The Sustainability, Parking & Transportation and Operations & Facilities Management offices will host a universitywide commuter challenge from Monday, April 18, through Friday, April 29. Those who use sustainable transportation methods during that time can enter raffles to win prizes.

The university’s Parking and Transportation team shares the latest updates, including upcoming high-traffic events that could impact parking and Active Transportation Month celebrations.

The Office of Sustainability offers this guide to events during the month of April — including activities at the Burning Kumquat garden, free lectures and film screenings, recycling and clean-up events and more.

The 2022 State of the University address is available to view online; all students, faculty and staff are encouraged to watch.

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright until sunset Sunday, March 27. Albright died March 23 at age 84.

The university is reminding employees about WUCare, a dedicated primary care physician practice offered exclusively to WashU employees enrolled in the university-sponsored health plan.