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Faculty friends and colleagues, The rapid development, infusion, and adoption of artificial intelligence puts us on the brink of dramatic change. We can’t predict the breadth and depth of AI’s impact but its reach into our personal and professional lives is here and deepening. We’ve seen displaced professions, new modes of business and research, and […]

Dear Colleagues, We blinked and another semester came to an end! I want to extend my gratitude to the instructors who are nearing the end of Fall 2025. While each semester brings its own challenges, this one has been particularly eventful as campus navigated its first semester with Workday Student among other things. Thank you […]

Dear WashU Faculty, Over the past four years—informed by the ideas of more than 150 faculty and staff colleagues –we have worked to identify shared strengths and aspirations across our undergraduate schools and to weave these into a university-wide framework for undergraduate education. Our goal has been not to add an extra layer of requirements for students […]

Dear Faculty Friends and Colleagues, If you’re on the Danforth Campus, this will be the third message you’ve received from me. If you’re primarily across the park, this will be the first. I began as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs on August 1. In this role, I interact frequently with the Faculty Senate Council, […]

Dear Faculty Friends and Colleagues, The rhythm of the academic year—for me, anyway—creates many occasions for self-reflection, learning, and goal-setting. The beginning of classes brings not only these opportunities, but also a sense of excitement and anticipation. On campus this week, I’ve felt the sense of possibility that comes when students and faculty come together […]

Dear Faculty Friends and Colleagues, As our campus comes alive again with the start of the new academic year, I want to take a moment to extend a warm welcome back and to introduce myself as I conclude my first week as provost. Although I am new to WashU (I think I’ve been to five […]

Li plans to develop advanced mathematical models to decode circadian rhythms, tackle chronic sleep disorders

Bettina Drake, professor of surgery in public health sciences at the School of Medicine, will be the inaugural faculty director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, Washington University in St. Louis Provost Beverly Wendland announced May 31. The new role takes effect July 1. The collaborative, identified as a […]

Washington University in St. Louis announced today that Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, one of the world’s most influential public health leaders, will become the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the university’s planned School of Public Health, effective Jan. 1. In this critical leadership role, Galea will help shape and launch WashU’s first new school […]

Washington University in St. Louis is seeking a senior faculty leader for a newly created St. Louis Confluence Collaborative for Community-engaged Research, Teaching and Practice. The Faculty Executive Director will spend at least 50% effort in this position and will lead a priority initiative of the Washington University strategic plan – Here and Next. Housed within […]