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What a year to be a Bear!

Two national championships, four individual national champions, one national player of the year… And now, for the first time in university history, WashU Athletics has captured the prestigious Learfield Directors’ Cup, awarded to the nation’s top NCAA Division III athletic program.


Celebrate this extraordinary achievement with a gift to the W Club, the Annual Fund for Athletics. Together, we can ensure our scholar-champions have every opportunity to excel as they train, compete, and lead.

Go Bears!
Support WashU athletic clubs
Women's soccer and women's track and field winning national championships
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What a year to be a Bear!

Two national championships, four individual national champions, one national player of the year… And now, for the first time in university history, WashU Athletics has captured the prestigious Learfield Directors’ Cup, awarded to the nation’s top NCAA Division III athletic program.


Celebrate this extraordinary achievement with a gift to the W Club, the Annual Fund for Athletics. Together, we can ensure our scholar-champions have every opportunity to excel as they train, compete, and lead.

Go Bears!
Support WashU athletic clubs
Women's soccer and women's track and field winning national championships
Learn more about the award

Learfield Director’s Cup Champions (2025-2026)

Be part of the winning tradition

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Join the Brown School community throughout the 2026-27 school year in celebration and recognition of the distinguished careers of retiring faculty members. Your support in honor of these esteemed colleagues and friends recognizes the legacy of leadership in research and teaching they leave at the Brown School.

Legacy Lecture Series
Mary McKay

Mary McKay

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Barry Rosenberg

Barry Rosenberg

Brown School

Join the Brown School community throughout the 2026-27 school year in celebration and recognition of the distinguished careers of retiring faculty members. Your support in honor of these esteemed colleagues and friends recognizes the legacy of leadership in research and teaching they leave at the Brown School.

Legacy Lecture Series
Nancy Morrow-Howell

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Mary McKay

Mary McKay

Barry Rosenberg

Barry Rosenberg

Brown School

Join the Brown School community throughout the 2026-27 school year in celebration and recognition of the distinguished careers of retiring faculty members. Your support in honor of these esteemed colleagues and friends recognizes the legacy of leadership in research and teaching they leave at the Brown School.

Legacy Lecture Series
Barry Rosenberg

Barry Rosenberg

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Nancy Morrow-Howell

Mary McKay

Mary McKay

Honor their legacy

Make a gift in recognition of the faculty members whose teaching, research, and leadership have made a lasting impact on the Brown School.

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This memorial practicum award was established by Pat Payne in memory of her late spouse, Nancy.


Contributions will sponsor a Master of Social Work student at the Brown School each year, providing a stipend for their participation in required field education activities. This funding addresses the systemic issue of unpaid labor in our field, enabling students regardless of their financial means to obtain a world-class social work education.

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Make practicums possible

The Brown School is the first in the nation to ensure every MSW student receives financial support for required practicum credits and living expenses.

An Annual Fund gift of $1,000 or more qualifies you for Eliot Society membership and preferred event registration. Your gift may support any WashU Annual Fund that is meaningful to you. Complete your gift below to join or renew your Eliot Society membership.
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Thank you for joining our Eliot Society Annual Dinner in Boston.
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Renew your Eliot Society membership with an Annual Fund gift of $1,000 or more. Your continued support provides flexible funding that empowers WashU to respond to emerging opportunities, advance groundbreaking research, and create exceptional experiences for students. Make your renewal gift below to continue your membership.
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Join the Eliot Society with an Annual Fund gift of $1,000 or more. Your continued support provides flexible funding that empowers WashU to respond to emerging opportunities, advance groundbreaking research, and create exceptional experiences for students. Make your gift below to become an Eliot Society member.

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Member $1,000–$2,500 annual $84 monthly
Fellow $2,500–$5,000 annual $209 monthly
Benefactor $5,000–$10,000 annual $417 monthly
Patron $10,000–$25,000 annual $834 monthly
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Lead with your annual gift

Membership in the Eliot Society recognizes alumni and friends whose annual generosity helps sustain the university’s highest priorities.

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It’s the first day of classes! As a graduate, you know firsthand the excitement of a new academic year at WashU. Now, you can make a difference for the students who follow in your footsteps.

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Help make it a great year at WashU

You can ensure that today’s students have access to the same life-changing collegiate experience that you had. When you support the Annual Fund, you make WashU possible for students facing financial barriers. You enable world-class faculty to expand students’ world views. And you help them have vibrant experiences that mold them into future leaders.

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Advancing what’s possible

Every gift, large or small, plays an essential role in supporting our mission of teaching, research, and service to society. From student scholarships and groundbreaking research to innovative academic programs and world-renowned faculty, choose an area that inspires your support and help expand our local and global impact.

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Advancing what’s possible

Every gift, large or small, helps accelerate discoveries, improve patient care, and educate the next generation of physicians and scientists. Choose an area that inspires your support and help transform the future of medicine.

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Honor a legacy.

This tribute gift celebrates Katherine’s life, accomplishments, and lasting impact.

Remembering Kennedy Reed

Kennedy Reed, a fourth-year PhD candidate in molecular microbiology and microbial pathogenesis at Washington University School of Medicine, passed away on August 4, 2026, following a car accident. She was 26.

A native of Hinds County, Mississippi, Kennedy came to WashU Medicine in 2023 to pursue her doctorate under the mentorship of Dr. Felipe Ribeiro. Her innovative thesis research investigated how certain bacteria contribute to skin cancer progression and metastatic disease, revealing critical connections between environmental factors and cancer development.

Beyond her scientific contributions, Kennedy was known throughout the WashU Medicine community for her warmth, thoughtfulness, and commitment to supporting her peers. She played an active leadership role in Next Generation Science Scholars and the Association of Black Biomedical Graduate Students, helping to organize the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conference for Networking, Supporting and Promoting Inclusive Research Endeavors. Faculty and colleagues remembered her as someone who naturally inspired others and brought genuine care to everything she undertook.

Kennedy earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry from Alcorn State University and completed postbaccalaureate research at Vanderbilt University before coming to WashU Medicine.

A celebration of life will be held August 13, 2026, at Friendly Temple Church in St. Louis.

Kennedy Reed

Kennedy Reed Scholarship

Kennedy Reed Memorial Summer Program Scholarship

This memorial scholarship honors Kennedy’s commitment to education and scientific excellence by supporting an ongoing partnership with her alma mater, Alcorn State University.

Contributions will sponsor two Alcorn State undergraduate students annually to participate in a summer research experience in Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) laboratories at WashU.​

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