WashU has once again been named a Voter Friendly Campus, one of 272 campuses nationwide that have successfully implemented practices that encourage students to register and vote.
Jacob Chacko, inaugural executive director of WashU’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion and interim director of the Spectrum office in the Division of Student Affairs, has been chosen to serve on the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center’s board of directors.
Steven Bassnett, a national leader in vision research, has been installed as the inaugural Grace Nelson Lacy Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology at WashU Medicine.
Julian Fleischman, an associate professor emeritus of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, died Jan. 18 at his home in Sharon, Mass., from complications following a fall. He was 91.
At the WashU Board of Trustees meeting March 7, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, with most taking effect July 1.
WashU is in the process of moving training and courses from Learn@Work to Workday. The next group to transition their content to Workday Learning, as of April 14, includes LinkedIn Learning, University Advancement, WashU Information Technology and others.
