A catalyst for change

De Andrea Nichols at CGIU14

If you saw any pictures from the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University, there was the Brown School’s De Andrea Nichols onstage opening night, among a group of five students selected from a large pool of participants for their exemplary projects.

Spreading smiles

Austin Spurlock - Dot-Bike

Happiness doesn’t just happen, said senior Austin Spurlock, founder of campus positivity group Do One Thing (DOT). It takes a good attitude, a generous spirit and, sometimes, bubble wrap.

Sitting on top of the world

Ambika Subramaniam in one of her "Framed Seats" series.

Ambika Subramaniam is a sculpture major in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts with a minor in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences.

They wrote the book

When Washington University School of Medicine students Elisabeth Askin and Nathan Moore wanted to learn more about the nation’s health care system, the majority of resources they found were narrowly focused, opinion-based publications or dense reference books.

Improving public health here and abroad

Cambodian children - photo by J. Rowley

Jennifer Rowley was a kid herself when she volunteered at a Cambodian orphanage. Every child there had lost a parent to AIDS; many were HIV positive.

Building, transforming

arch extrusion on Eads bridge

The Eads Bridge is a St. Louis jewel, a historic landmark and a wonder of open steel framing.

Designing solutions

Yin Xiuzhen, Portable City­Hangzhou, 2011. Suitcase, clothes, magnifying glass, map, sound element, 11 x 59 13/16 x 34 5/8″

Curating a museum exhibition is never a small task. For an undergraduate student, it’s a rare opportunity.

With precision

Dominic Sanford

Dominic Sanford, MD, (right) is on track to be a “star surgical oncologist,” according to his mentor and program director, Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH.

Victory!

WashULaw - achievements

The School of Law’s competition teams – the Jessup Team and the Trial Teams – scored big in both national and international competitions.