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Campus & Community

A deeply affecting discovery

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) offers students ages 50 and older intellectually challenging courses and camaraderie. Recently discovered photos and essays from an OLLI memoir writing course emphasize the gift of lifelong learning
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) offers students ages 50 and older intellectually challenging courses and camaraderie. Recently discovered photos and essays from an OLLI memoir writing course emphasize the gift of lifelong learning.
Students

Making way for students to thrive

(From left) Chancellor Andrew D. ­Martin speaks with Sarah Del Carmen Camacho, Arts & Sciences Class of 2023, who is an Annika Rodriguez Scholar, Trio Scholar and Mellon Mays Fellow; and Nicholas Armstrong, Law Class of 2023, who is a Michael Schiff Family Scholar in Law, about WashU being a place that allows students to be who they are and achieve success beyond anything they might have thought possible when they entered. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)
A transformative initiative “makes way” for top applicants by aiming to increase financial resources for promising students at every income level and to create a “best-in-class” experience.
Appointments & Promotions

Lee to lead pulmonary, critical care division

Janet S. Lee, MD, a highly regarded physician-scientist in pulmonary and critical care medicine, has been chosen to lead the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine. Her appointment is effective Jan. 3.
Cancer Research

Drug triggers immune cells to attack prostate cancer

A drug compound attacks hard-to-treat prostate cancer on several fronts, according to a School of Medicine study in mice and human cells. It triggers immune cells to attack, helps the immune cells penetrate the tumor and cuts off the tumor’s ability to burn testosterone as fuel.