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Among the new aims outlined in the SEPA-funded grant for the ASSET Program led by Douglas Chalker, professor of biology of Arts & Sciences at WashU, is reaching populations traditionally underrepresented in science in the St. Louis area. 

Washington University in St. Louis’ Office of Technology Management (OTM) celebrated a milestone this year: Washington University’s 100th startup and counting. Over the past three decades — but most notably in the past 10 years — OTM has worked proactively to help the university’s faculty researchers commercialize innovative technologies developed in their labs. By supporting faculty […]

Eight members of the WashU community were recognized in late April for completing a first-of-its-kind program aimed at creating greater equity on campus. The program, provided through the School of Continuing & Professional Studies English Language Program, offers WashU subcontractors access to a 20-week immersive English Language program through a sub-contractor scholarship fund that was […]

Washington University in St. Louis Brown School students in the “Community Development Practice” class engaged with community partners and contributed to hands-on projects to improve neighborhoods in south St. Louis. Taught by Molly Metzger, a senior lecturer in the school, the spring semester class focused on sustainable community development projects related to pedestrian safety, neighborhood planning […]

In a bid to reduce disparities and improve overall sexual health in the region, the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will offer expanded STI testing and treatment services at its Village Square clinic, located in north St. Louis County, a historically medically underserved area.

Washington University in St. Louis announced today that Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, one of the world’s most influential public health leaders, will become the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the university’s planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1.

The Gephardt Institute hosted WashU’s first-ever Municipal Election polling place this month, advancing the institute’s commitment to drive voter participation in every election.

Founded during Washington University’s Sesquicentennial year, the Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award is an annual award recognizing a select group of WashU community members who exemplify a character of service and engagement with the St. Louis region.   

Students in Philanthropy Lab, a WashU Sociology course supported by the Gephardt Institute and The Philanthropy Lab national organization, granted $68,000 to nonprofits in the St. Louis region during an event held at Stix House last week.

WashU IT’s Apprenticeship Program is addressing St. Louis’ dual challenge: supporting non-traditional candidates and fulfilling unmet IT positions, as well as embracing our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.  

Washington University on Monday named noted epidemiologist Dr. Sandro Galea as the inaugural head of its planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1. The new school, part of the university’s 10-year strategic plan, was announced in October 2022 and is WashU’s first new school in 100 years, officials said.

Local leaders including several from WashU are finding new ways to conserve resources, protect the environment, and help others live their best lives.

“The mid-century Forest Park Avenue location will serve as a support hub to nurture both businesses and individuals as they advance and grow in the St. Louis innovation ecosystem,” university spokeswoman Sue Killenberg McGinn said in a statement.

Local learning institutions including WashU are partnering with local businesses to drive economic development in new ways.

Washington University’s Office of Technology Management (OTM) recently achieved a significant milestone: 100 faculty-founded startups launched. More than half the companies have been created in the past 10 years as the university’s OTM has sought to improve how it helps faculty turn research into startups, Nichole Mercier said.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital has unveiled what it says is the nation’s first pediatric diabetes mobile clinic. The goal is to not only make it easier for families to make it to doctor appointments, which is critical to managing diabetes but also to help prevent children from developing type 2 diabetes, which has been on the […]

Washington University is being recognized as one of a few American colleges to receive a high grade in combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

Connect, a startup founded by Washington University students, has won the title in the 2024 edition of St. Louis Inno’s bracket challenge. Connect offers a platform aimed at forging connections between students and alumni of the institution they attend to provide mentorship.

Washington University has opened a new Community Engagement Office in the Delmar DivINe to encourage collaboration with nonprofits and better serve the region. Its opening marks an expansion of the university’s “In St. Louis, for St. Louis” plan.

In 2020, Washington University in St. Louis joined St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) in a bold new experiment to turn around two of the district’s lowest performing elementary schools, Ashland Elementary in North St. Louis and Meramec Elementary in South St. Louis. Only it wasn’t an experiment at all.

A new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum examines “the triumphant side and the tragic side” of the 1904 spectacle to present a fuller story.

After years of planning and development, restaurateur William Porter and other Cherokee Street leaders and community members reopened Love Bank Park Sunday afternoon to play basketball, chess, hear live music and eat.

The Wall Street Journal recently looked at 380 metro areas to rate job market viability. St. Louis was named as one of strongest job markets in the country in the report, ahead of Denver, New York, Los Angeles, and others.

Wednesday marks the ninth anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing by a white police officer in Ferguson. Now, local officials and community members are urging residents to elect leaders who will protect Black lives.

A contemporary art museum with a knack for exhibiting the next big thing next door to another arts museum housed in a building globally recognized as an architectural marvel. An astonishingly beautiful symphony hall across the street from another of the nation’s premiere performing arts venues.

It is true, Nashville and Memphis secure a lot of love. But they are not the only mellifluent cities worth exalting. In fact, St. Louis (founded by the French in 1764 as a sanctuary) is everything you want. An alluring place deeply respectful of its musical heritage, and now with some very fresh blood taking its music scene into the future.

Some of the largest cities in the U.S. are facing a migrant crisis with many of homeless shelters overwhelmed by an influx of asylum-seekers in need. In New York City alone, officials say they have received more than 170,000 migrants since spring of 2022. One midwestern city is stepping in to give them some relief. Special Correspondent Joie Chen travels to St. Louis where an organization is creating programs to help asylum-seekers settle there.

Audiences love to be surprised, and the fact that so little is known about St. Louis means we have an audience poised to be surprised, writes the leader of the Missouri Historical Society.