After the W&E center closed, McKelvey administrators sent no explanation via email, announcement, or statement to students. Instead, the center’s digital presence quietly vanished. The webpage disappeared from WashU’s site, the Instagram account was deleted, and even a podcast produced by McKelvey featuring Dearmont and her work with the W&E Center was taken down. I only learned about the closure through my club leadership role, not through the administration. To this day, the administration has not publicly addressed the decision to close the center or the impact its closure has on the female students it was designed to help.

Students organized a “space occupation” on the Ackert Walkway overpass in protest of WU’s ties to Boeing.

Washington University will offer a new data science major through both the College of Arts & Sciences and the McKelvey School of Engineering

“I saw a race car sitting on the grass on Mudd field and that was it. I was like, I’m doing that, that’s gonna happen,” said Shannon Coupland, the recruitment lead for the Washington University Racing team.

Professors across Washington University were required to declare by Nov. 6 whether they will conduct their classes online, hybrid or in-person for the spring 2021 semester.