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In and for – St. Louis is our home, and WashU is partnering with organizations across the region for the well-being of the city and its citizens

November 28, 2023December 4, 2023

Washington University and St. Louis go back a long time, exactly 170 years since the founding of the university in 1853. Today, the institution and the region are working more closely than ever on transformative solutions to societal challenges and partnering for the growth of every person in our community. Read the full story at Washington University […]

Wash U, BJC expand employee housing program in effort to revitalize neighborhoods

November 21, 2023December 4, 2023

Chelsea Clayton bought her first home, which is four blocks north of the Delmar Loop in the city’s West End neighborhood, with the help of the Live Near Your Work Program. Read the full story at St. Louis Public Radio.

School of Law tax clinic helps St. Louis woman keep her home

November 17, 2023November 21, 2023

Students and faculty working in the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis’ School of Law were able to help a St. Louis woman reduce her tax debt and keep her house. Read the full story at the Record.

David Brooks Wants Us to Take Our Conversations Deeper

November 6, 2023November 10, 2023

The crowd at Graham Chapel was waiting to hear about his new book, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. It was a book, he admitted, that would have been impossible to write ten years ago. Back then, when a flung baseball bat landed at his feet during a […]

Weingarth named inaugural senior adviser for St. Louis initiatives

January 27, 2023May 9, 2023

Lisa Weingarth, vice president of external affairs at the St. Louis-based nonprofit Rung for Women, has been named to the newly created role of senior adviser for St. Louis initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis.