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An enduring gift, a lasting responsibility

Helen Webley-Brown, an international student from London, expects to earn a bachelor’s degree in political science in May 2022. In addition to being a Danforth Scholar, Webley-Brown is a Gephardt Institute Civic Scholar and a 2019 Ralph Bunche Award recipient. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

Since 1998, the Danforth Scholars program has been transformational to nearly 700 students: their college educations and their careers and lives of service afterward.

Performing Arts

An instinct for talent

Talent agent Samantha Chalk, AB ’08, can find a star in an instant.

Business & Entrepreneurship

The art and craft of cider

Alumnus Sam Fitz wants to help us remember and revere our apple culture, starting with apple cider.

Campus & Community

A brand new season

Football coach Aaron Keen and the team celebrate their first win.

After an unprecedented hiatus due to COVID-19, fall sports have returned to the Danforth Campus. Here’s how it felt to finally compete — or coach — in a Bears uniform.

Biology

Pursuing reciprocity with plants

In her book, Lessons from Plants, Beronda Montgomery, AB ’94, explains what plants can teach us about the world and about ourselves.

Campus & Community

Timeless advice

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin speaks at the memorial service for Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth Oct. 2, 2021, in Graham Chapel. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth’s words serve as a guiding light through “persistent trials and recurring difficulties.”

Climate & Environment

Hands-on learning to help the planet

Pathfinder Fellows recently canoed the Mississippi River with Big Muddy Adventures. It was part of a project component designed to explore the rivers in, and their impact on, St. Louis. (Photo: Beth Martin)

Through experiential learning and a new environmental analysis major, WashU students prepare to help us understand the questions of climate change.

Athletics

Alumna and future physician Eka Jose has been named a top nine finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year, an elite honor for athletes who have demonstrated excellence in academics, athletics, service and leadership.

Students

A conversation with Admissions’ Ronné Turner

Grades. Co-curricular activities. Personal essays and videos. These are some of the factors that admissions officers are now evaluating as they build the Class of 2026. No longer on that list: family income. Here, Ronné Turner, vice provost for admissions and financial aid, discusses how the new need-blind policy and other changes will impact the admissions process.

Art & Design

Graduate students win national sculpture honors

Three graduate students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts have won national honors from the International Sculpture Center, publishers of Sculpture magazine.

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