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Students are living under threat, and we need to take proactive measures for those who cannot. Through proposed laws that limit child access to firearms and strengthen background checks, we can reach a point where educators and students don’t have to worry about their safety.

"It’s a heavy burden to bear, especially as I come to recognize through this exceptional education that I am getting here at WashU, that my personal success is not enough to change the conditions that so many members of my community back home and across the country continue to face."

The Women’s Society of Washington University presented the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship to three exceptional students at its annual membership meeting, held April 12 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium.

The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team won the 2023 UAA Outdoor Championship on Sunday afternoon with 253.50 points. The win marks the Bears' sixth-consecutive title.

The Department of Education's Major-Minor Welcome event was featured in the Ampersand. Michelle Purdy, associate professor of education and director of the undergraduate program in educational studies, shared, “I’m excited that the newly declared majors were able to meet upperclass students and hear about the different combinations of majors that students have in our department.”

As a Department, we grapple with the harsh past and current realities of US and global life, and what they mean for the current state of education. The challenge that we face as a society is daunting, but it motivates us to continue advancing educational equity wherever we work.

The Community Engagement Opportunity Fund, which is in its inaugural year, supports students with high financial need who face burdensome expenses associated with their participation in community service, civic engagement initiatives, and Community Engaged Courses in the St. Louis area.

The Washington University board of trustees selected juniors Ruth Durrell (Education and Sociology) and David Leon (Marketing and Organization and Strategic Management) to serve as the undergraduate student representatives to the board for the 2019-2020 school year.