WashU wins College Transit Challenge
For the second straight year, WashU has won the Citizens for Modern Transit College Transit Challenge. The annual competition encourages students, staff and faculty from local colleges to log their rides on MetroLink and Metro buses for bragging rights and the College Transit Trophy.
Carla Bailey named a top St. Louis leader
Carla Bailey, director of learning and development for Human Resources at WashU, has been named one of Women We Admire’s “Top 50 Women Leaders of St. Louis for 2024” for her development and delivery of leadership and team-building programs and workshops.
WashU Earns Distinguished National Nutrition Award
WashU received a Silver 2023 Nutrition Award in the category of Most Innovative Wellness & Nutrition Program.
WUPD completes training to support people with sensory issues
The Washington University Police Department (WUPD) has completed training through the nonprofit KultureCity to recognize and support people experiencing sensory overload situations during police interactions.
Puppies Bear, Brookie train to be therapy dogs
Rescued from a garbage dump, the puppies have a job, a home and hundreds of new friends
East end project earns architectural award
The east end project on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis has received the 2023 American Institute of Architects Regional & Urban Design Award.
Green Carpet Awards
WashU recently received a Gold-level certification for STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System reporting process developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. More than 100 university community members contributed to this process. Advancing sustainability in university operations is one of the four strategic goals for administration and operations […]
WashU Dining Ranks #3 by Princeton Review
Washington University holds steady in Top 3 on the Princeton Review’s Best Campus Food list. This ranking is a part of Princeton Review’s 2023 edition of The Best 388 Colleges, which ranks the top 25 universities and colleges in 50 different categories for 2023. The rankings are based on surveys of 160,000 students at the […]