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History & Education

‘The battle for memory’

Sowande M. Mustakeem discusses her seminar “Medicine, Healing and Experimentation in the Contours of Black History” and the importance of grappling with traumatic history.
Awards & Notables

Harwell named Udall Scholar

Tori Harwell, a junior studying African and African American studies and environmental analysis in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Udall Scholar, an honor bestowed on students who have demonstrated leadership in the areas of the environment and conservation, tribal public policy or Native American health care.
Diversity & Inclusion

Engagement on anti-racism, diversity and inclusion

Brookings Hall
Washington University is partnering with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in its efforts to stimulate cultural change and support inclusive excellence in science and technology fields and is hosting a day of activities May 3 on the Danforth Campus.
Finance

Commission presents venture capital funding gap solutions

The Olin-Brookings Commission — a partnership between WashU’s Olin Business School and the Brookings Institution supported by The Bellwether Foundation — presented evidence-based solutions to drive more equitable venture capital funding for women and underrepresented entrepreneurs to key stakeholders on Thursday, April 20, at the Brookings Institution.

Washington University Statement on Transgender Center

Upon learning of the allegations published in The Free Press on February 9, we immediately launched a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of practices and care provided at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Art & Design

Threads of change

students unroll fabric at a meeting
Each year, bold and beautiful fashion designs are showcased around the world—on runways, online and in print. Great fashion design makes us look better…but can it help us be better? At Washington University in St. Louis, students are not only exploring how fashion changes us, but also how it just might change the world.