Brown School

The 41st annual Brown School Awards of Distinction took place April 11 at the Forest Park Visitor Center. Each year, the Brown School honors alumni and friends who create positive change for people around the globe.

Brown School student Jewel Evans has a passion for equity-based urban planning. Her goal is to create equitable land use policies that can positively impact disenfranchised populations.

The University Archives recently acquired the papers of Jack Arnett Kirkland, an associate professor in the Brown School at WashU and an internationally known scholar who writes, lectures and consults on the African American family and social and economic development.

A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life — delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda — led to improvements in mental health, social support, parental warmth and attitudes around violence against children, finds a new study from the Brown School.

The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School will co-lead an $880,840 three-year grant project from the U.S. Department of Justice to bolster training and support systems for Native American communities.

Dorian E. Traube, an expert on early childhood development, was installed as the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis during a recent ceremony in Brown Hall.

In her work with local organizations to promote health and wellness in the St. Louis region, Diana Parra Perez sees the power of solidarity.

Each year, the Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award recognizes select members of the WashU community who show exemplary commitment to service and engagement within the St. Louis area.  

Chance and luck play a far bigger role in our lives than any of us know, argues Washington University in St. Louis Professor Mark Rank in his new book, “The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World around Us.”

As universities around the world strive to cultivate diverse and equitable communities, a recent study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis highlights the necessity of recognizing age as a fundamental dimension of diversity.