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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.

Deb Huber was one of 12 incarcerated women to earn an associate of arts degree through Washington University’s Prison Education Project this school year. They’re the first women to receive degrees through the program, which graduated its first class in a men’s prison in 2019.

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.