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Midlife brings fresh momentum for the Black Alumni Council, which continues to build upon its mission to help Black alumni cultivate meaningful relationships with WashU and each other.

Students

Paths cleared and futures revealed

Photo: James Byard/Washington University

Through Make Way: Our Student Initiative, Washington University seeks to remove barriers to success for every student, now and in the future. At five crossroads discussed here and countless more, funding for students makes the difference.

St. Louis Region

A new era for adult education at WashU

The new School of Continuing & Professional Studies has freedom and flexibility to better focus on the needs of St. Louisans.

Academics

A place of possibility

Academic freedom is the cornerstone of discovery, and our commitment to free inquiry has only been strengthened since our founding in 1853.

Campus & Community

Straight from the heart

Shirlene Obuobi MD at the University of Chicago Hospital.

Shirlene Obuobi has touched many with her artistic interpretations of women in medicine and the state of health care.

Law

Empowering next-generation Indigenous leaders

Stacy Leeds, dean of of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Stacy Leeds, AB ’94, is the first Indigenous woman to be named dean of a law school (first at the University of Arkansas in 2011 and now at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law).

Advancement

Empowering self-discovery, inspiring philanthropy

As co-chair of Make Way: Our Student Initiative, Merry Mosbacher is focused on removing barriers to a WashU education.

Merry Mosbacher, co-chair of Make Way: Our Student Initiative, learned early on to “raise her hand” and now gives her time and talent to helping students find their passions.

Anthropology & Archaeology

From the ground up

As a geoarchaeologist, Caitlin Rankin, MA ’16, PhD ’20, transforms long-standing answers into bold new questions.

Humanities & Society

Circling back to purpose

Washington University alumni Harsh Moolani outside of the University of Miami Medical Campus in Miami, Fla. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Photo by Scott McIntyre for Washington Magazine)

Harsh Moolani founded Create Circles as a WashU undergrad. The nonprofit that pairs older adults with college students is now a national organization with some 700 volunteers in 33 states.

Popular Culture

Designing woman

Molly Maginnis Tippe, BFA ’73, talks about what it’s like to be a costume designer for stage, film and TV.