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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
When St. Louis native Kim Kuehner, MBA ’77, made his first foray into medical philanthropy in 2018, he viewed it as a long-term investment that would enable him to play a role in advancing human health. He did not expect his $15 million gift for an endowment supporting personalized cardiovascular research at Washington University School […]
Dr. Ariela Schachter and her faculty collaborators Dr. Ila Sheren and Dr. Tabea Linhard worked with the the Digital Solutions Studio (DSS) at WashU to create an web-based app called Moving Stories to study what happens when you connect members of the St. Louis community to their neighbors with migrant backgrounds. Moving Stories also embodies a larger, interdisciplinary initiative at WashU that explores stories from St. Louis’ vibrant immigrant community through an art exhibit, workshops, and public engagements.
Four students from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis have been awarded summer fellowships with four local architecture and landscape architecture firms to work on meaningful civic projects in the St. Louis region.