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Redefining leadership

Andrew Knight (standing), executive director of the Bauer Leaders Academy, works with first-year students at a WashU Leads event during Bear Beginnings orientation. The new academy is committed to providing leadership opportunities for students throughout their time at the university. (Photo: Danny Reise/WashU)

WashU believes every person has a leading role to play in building a better world.

Competition and freedom

Jonathan Kanter, JD '98, served as assistant attorney general of antitrust for the U.S. Department of Justice. (Photo: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

As head of antitrust at the U.S. Department of Justice, alumnus Jonathan Kanter brought cases challenging the power of some of the world’s biggest companies.

Medicine & Health

Preparing for future pandemics

Two new grants support efforts at WashU Medicine to design vaccines, drugs for understudied virus families.

Advancement

Passionate about supporting WashU

Jay Kaiser, MD ’72, and his wife, Ronnie Kaiser, at their Bay Area-home. The Kaisers are longtime supporters of WashU.

Great medical school mentors shaped Jay Kaiser’s career as a radiologist. Now, he and his wife make sure other aspiring physicians can have the same experience.

Campus & Community

Fueling the future of WashU

At the 2024 Founders Day celebration, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin presents the Robert S. Brookings Award to Roy and Diana Vagelos. Pioneers of scientific discovery, innovation and service-oriented leadership, the Vageloses have been instrumental in strengthening life science research and interdisciplinary education at WashU. (Photo: Joe Angeles/WashU)

Our philanthropic partnerships are “the gas that powers our journey and the reinforcements that ensure we can continue … making progress and reaching new horizons.”

Arts & Culture

Lights, camera, connection

The WashU Alumni Association helps alumni in the entertainment industry make professional connections in Los Angeles and New York. (Illustrations: Monica Duwel/WashU)

The WashU Entertainment Network helps alumni set the stage for success.

Arts & Culture

A magical creative outlet

Alongside his law practice, Justin Chavez, JD '18, writes about all things Disney on his blog and social media channels. (Photo: Nicole Craine)

Alumnus Justin Chavez thinks everyone should have a creative endeavor. For him, it all started with a trip to Disney World.

Campus & Community

From here to next

WashU Magazine checks in with Provost Beverly Wendland two-plus years after launching “Here and Next,” the bold, ambitious strategic plan that’s changing WashU in so many exciting ways.

Medicine & Health

A compassionate leader unties the knots of health care

KMarie King, MD '98, is department chair of surgery at Albany Medical Center. (Courtesy photo)

As a health-care executive, alumna KMarie King, MD, follows a set of principles: ‘Be kind, have integrity and the patient comes first.’

Literature

Writing without fear

Lydia Paar honed The Exit Is the Entrance: Essays on Escape while she was a student in WashU’s MFA Program. The book, a series of essays, is a road map on how to keep moving forward in the face of tremendous obstacles.

Alumna Lydia Paar weaves together personal tales of the American workplace while holding up a mirror to class mobility.