Annie Richmond, a student at Rosati-Kain High School in St. Louis, is one of 27 students from the Archdiocese of St. Louis being with a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice Award during the 46th annual Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice, which commemorates King’s birth and legacy Jan. 16, 2022 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. More about Richmond can be found on the St. Louis Review website: ,https://www.archstl.org/teen-at-christ-the-king-in-university-city-among-model-of-justice-honorees-7181

The Saint Louis Story Stitchers are an artistic collective aiming to mend the emotional wounds of gun violence through expression and art. The group has completed public art projects and murals in the metro area, and records regular editions of the podcast “Stitchcast Studio”, where youth discuss the impact of community violence. More about the program can be found at the USA Today website: https://apple.news/Ao4AVNXJTRWS6N7PfTQVN_Q or at the St. Louis Story Stitchers website: https://storystitchers.org/

Evan Hugge, a student at St. Louis Priory School, and Alex Grucza, a student at St. Louis University High School, work with the group St. Louis Teens Aid Refugees Today (START) in the DeBaliviere Place neighborhood in St. Louis Friday, May 28, 2021. The group aids refugees by offering moving assistance, online tutoring and fundraising More about the topic can be found on the St. Louis Review website: https://bit.ly/3vovp21

A delegation from the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington, DC, and the British Consulate General in Chicago, led by Deputy Ambassador Michael Tatham, visit the campus of Washington University in St. Louis Friday, July 17, 2021. The group met with WU faculty for a roundtable discussing climate change and the related issues of adaptation for cities and biodiversity in light of the upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The group also toured the new East End Campus to discuss green architecture and urban design.

Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 acting director Edward Chu presented Washington University in St. Louis McKelvey School of Engineering professors Dr. Tae Seok Moon and Dr. Kimberly Parker  with a major grant to study biocontainment strategies during a ceremony in McKelvey Hall on the East End Campus Wednesday, July 28, 2021. After the ceremony the group took a brief tour of the lab of both Dr. Parker and Dr. Moon to learn more about their research. More about the grant and research can be found at The Record, the Washington University online newsletter: https://source.wustl.edu/2021/08/epa-funds-moons-biotech-containment-research/