After almost a year of students and community members demanding that Washington University cut ties with and divest from aerospace company Boeing, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Scott Wilson stated on Sept. 4 that, to the best of his knowledge, the University is not invested in the company at all. This statement was repeated by Chancellor Andrew Martin at the joint Senate and Treasury Student Union (SU) meeting on Sept. 10.

WashU’s Class of 2028 is the first class since 1961 to have gone through the admissions process without Affirmative Action policies. With the start of the semester, the data is out on how the Supreme Court’s abolishment of Affirmative Action has impacted the racial makeup of WashU’s newest class — with the most notable difference being that the enrollment of students of color decreased by six percentage points.

Over the summer, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin released a statement to the Washington University community in response to the Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action at higher education institutions. Martin wrote that, while administrators will abide by the law, WashU’s commitment to diversity will remain the same.  Expanded dining options opened on campus with […]

A Washington University student was the victim of a robbery when they were approached by an unknown man with a handgun near the intersection of Rosedale Avenue and Waterman Boulevard at 9:10 p.m. on March 30. 

The Washington University Police Department (WUPD) sent a security memo out on March 31 to inform the WashU community of the incident, noting that the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is investigating the robbery. 

Washington University’s Brown School of Public Health hosted Trinidad Jackson, Ph.D., to speak about systemic racism through the lens of public health as a part of the Public Health Speaker Series on March 19. Over 100 students, faculty, and community members attended the talk, either in person or virtually. 

Washington University’s Emergency Support Team (EST) earned three awards and placed first in the Stryker Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Skills Classic at the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) conference. Over 100 universities across the country sent representatives from their emergency response teams to attend the conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Feb 23-25.

The Washington University School of Medicine received a $7.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Aug. 23, 2023 to fund a new program called the MicroEnvironment and Tumor Effects of Radiotherapy Center (METEOR) spearheaded by Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, and Clifford Robinson, MD. 

The Gephardt Institute hosted St. Louis civic leader Kaveh Razani to participate in its Civic Cafe series at the Stix House, Jan. 30.

Twelve freshmen and sophomore students enrolled at Washington University as mid-year transfer students this semester, the first time in recent history that students were accepted in between semesters. Several of these students are Jewish and said they came to the University after feeling unsafe on their previous campuses due to antisemitism. 

Washington University’s Department of Medicine hosted Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Graham Chapel as the first speaker in the newly reinstated Assembly series. He spoke about a range of topics including pandemic response and preparedness, mental health, misinformation, our diets, and how he blends his roles as a journalist and doctor. Nov. 15