Telling the Story of Asian Americans in St. Louis
A new digital StoryMap project, Asia in St. Louis, traces the history and experiences of people of Chinese and Japanese descent in St. Louis, from the 1850s to the 1980s. Created by East Asian studies librarians and students at Washington University, Asia in St. Louis is an interactive, dynamic digital platform that combines maps, archival sources, photographs, and personal narratives.
Yelamani brings healing through the arts program to Children’s Hospital
During the COVID pandemic, Aditya Yelamani ’24 was worried that patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital lacked interaction and stimuli that could help them heal. Yelamani, a 2023 Fandos Fellow in the St. Louis Fellows program from the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, created Hearts for Arts as a patient-driven solution that would transcend the pandemic.
Drake appointed inaugural St. Louis Confluence Collaborative faculty director
Bettina Drake, a professor of surgery in public health sciences at the School of Medicine, will be the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, Washington University in St. Louis Provost Beverly Wendland announced May 31. The new role takes effect July 1.
Institute for School Partnership
Through its partnerships with local schools and its work to bridge research and practice, the Institute for School Partnership (ISP) at WashU is closing the education gap for tens of thousands of students in under-resourced schools. ISP has helped boost math and science learning, raise standardized test scores, increase teachers’ confidence in teaching STEM, and improve students’ self-confidence and development of career goals.
Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (PECaD)
The mission of PECaD is to ensure that all cancer patients and communities benefit from the clinical and scientific advances at Siteman Cancer Center. The program strives to reduce the cancer burden and related disparities, while engaging communities to promote health equity across Siteman’s catchment and beyond.
WashU MBA graduates say popularity of buying small businesses is growing
Drake Hill wanted to be a lawyer because he was good at writing and analyzing issues. Max Kleeman considered becoming a consultant in the health care space. Hill said in his first year of law school at Washington University, he came to terms with what life would be like for the first 10 years as […]
WashU’s College Prep Program welcomes new cohort of high school students
Washington University in St. Louis has announced the 11th cohort of the College Prep Program, a no-cost, multi-year program that prepares first-generation, limited-income students in the St. Louis area for college.
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Exploding At WashU Olin & Other B-Schools
After graduating from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, both Max Kleeman and Drake Hill swore off jobs in consulting, banking and other industries typically favored by MBAs. They don’t dream of starting their own ventures, though you’d have to describe both as entrepreneurial. Instead, both are actively searching for small, family-owned businesses that […]
Wash U librarians launch a digital story map that explores Asian life in St. Louis
The East Asian Library at Washington University in St. Louis has launched an interactive digital story mapping project that explores Asian American experiences in the area and contributions to the St. Louis community since the mid-1800s.
‘The people we were meant to be’: Prison Education Project holds first commencement at Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
Washington University’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies Prison Education Project (PEP) held its first women’s commencement May 16, 2024, at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Mo.