On the road to global health
Washington University researchers and international partners go to great lengths to help solve some of the world’s most pervasive health challenges.
Brown’s 40-year partnership helps children of abuse
For more than 40 years, the Brown School and the Family Resource Center have been working together to give abused children hope and a better life.
FRC by the numbers
A look at the impact the 40-plus-year partnership between the Brown School and the Family Resource Center has had on the community.
Healthy living for the long run
Courtney Berg, MSW ’05, explains how she became executive director of Girls on the Run, and what it means to her to have an impact on so many girls.
Brown School dean search committee formed
Provost Holden Thorp, PhD, has appointed an
eight-member committee to identify candidates for the position of dean
of the Brown School. Eddie Lawlor, PhD, the William E. Gordon
Distinguished Professor, announced he will step down as
dean at the end of the academic year, June 30, 2016.
Lawlor to conclude Brown School deanship
Edward F. Lawlor, PhD, dean and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School at Washington University, has announced his decision to conclude his deanship on June 30, 2016. Lawlor, who has served as dean since 2004, will remain at the university as the Gordon Professor, and a national search for his successor as dean will be conducted, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
Purnell named to justice commission, honored for improving youths’ lives
Jason Purnell, PhD, assistant professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named to the Peace & Justice Commission of the Archdiocese of St. Louis by Archbishop Robert J. Carlson. He also received the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America: Greater St. Louis Area Council.
Couple promotes civic and community engagement
Building on a significant legacy of generosity and support to Washington University, business and civic leaders Maxine Clark and Bob Fox have committed $7.5 million for programs and facilities at the Brown School that will promote community engagement and bring sustained attention to significant policy issues.
Brown School launches new degree programs
The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
has launched three new joint-degree programs and a dual-degree program
with Fudan University to begin this fall, expanding class offerings and
learning opportunities both in St. Louis and around the world.
Listening to the land
Victims of chronic flooding, dozens of homes in Baden neighborhood will be demolished this summer. But a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers, together with the City of St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Missouri Department of Conservation, are determined to help the community create something better in the neighborhood.
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