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Dear WashU undergraduates, Welcome to the spring semester! We know AI provides both opportunities and challenges for you as you engage in coursework and prepare for your post-WashU life, and we are pleased to share a first wave of new resources as one method of support. AI Literacy for the WashU Scholar Canvas module  First, we […]

These reports reflect a survey conducted in Fall 2015 of Washington University in St. Louis full-time faculty. The survey asked about satisfaction with various aspects of faculty work life, climate, workload, sources of stress, mentoring and characteristics of life outside the institution. The reports compare the 2015 responses with the 2011 WU Faculty Survey, and within each […]

Dear WashU Danforth faculty colleagues, Welcome to the spring semester! We hope you return rested and ready to greet our students as we enter the second half of the academic year. Whether in the classroom now, or in their preferred post-graduation path, our students will engage with generative AI. As Mark announced earlier this week, WashU has […]

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