Cliff and Laurel Asness discuss their pledge to support a faculty member whose scholarship and teaching focus on classical liberalism. Their gift bolsters Chancellor Andrew D. Martin’s efforts to promote academic freedom and free expression on campus.
Donor provides gift for medical research
Investigators at WashU Medicine and Siteman Cancer Center are using funds from Anita Palmer Corbin’s trust to advance novel approaches to treating diabetes and blood cancers.
Scholarship bequest honors artist’s legacy
Named after alumna Juanita McNeely, a pioneering feminist painter and educator who died in 2023, the award will benefit graduate art students in the Sam Fox School.
Corporate matching supercharges philanthropy
Participating companies like Boeing and Emerson make it possible for employees and retirees to double or even triple the impact of their giving to the university.
New WashU initiative reimagines agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Research Mission aims to develop innovative solutions to global challenges in food production, distribution, and access.
Couple pay it forward through scholarships
Ganesh Natarajan and Faye Katt, both JD ’90, met during their first year of law school. Now married, they give back to the institution that brought them together. Their pledge to endow a scholarship will create more opportunities for law students to build their futures at WashU.
Kahns establish public health distinguished professorship
Gift from longtime university benefactors and leaders honors the scholarly contributions of Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, the inaugural dean of the planned School of Public Health.