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Brown School students in the “Community Development Practice” class engaged with community partners and contributed to hands-on projects to improve neighborhoods in south St. Louis.

The climate crisis demands immediate action; the rapidly expanding climate sector demands highly educated leaders; and students demand an education that prepares them to tackle what they say is a top priority.

Researchers contributed to a national study that identifies how gentrified parts of a city have notably more urban wildlife than ungentrified parts of the same city.

Dan Giammar, the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected a fellow of the Class of 2024 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).

To protect migrating birds passing through the St. Louis region in late April and May, the Office of Sustainability is partnering with the Lights Out Heartland initiative to curb light pollution.

A program, Public Health & Society, will bring together academic units within Arts & Sciences, WashU’s institutional strength in public health, and the university’s enhanced commitment to racial diversity and inclusion.

The Academic Consortium for Climate, Environment, and Sustainability Solutions (ACCESS) is a group of peer higher-ed organizations, established in 2023 to create a community of practice and elevate the contributions of academia in supporting climate change and environmental solutions. Composed of university-wide programs that facilitate climate and environmental research and education, consortium members share an interest in fostering transdisciplinary investigations, advancing transformative education, and creating opportunities for inter-university collaboration.