If your claim against a faculty member is for discrimination or discriminatory harassment, you have options, both informal and formal, for dealing with your concerns. You may pursue informal means instead of or before making a formal complaint. If an informal procedure is ineffective, the formal procedures remain open to you. If your claim is not for discrimination or discriminatory harassment, you may pursue the informal procedures outlined below.

It is the policy of WashU to publish research results and to foster the use of University inventions, discoveries and other works for the common good.

This Policy prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex (including sexual harassment and sexual assault), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability, or genetic information (collectively, “the Protected Characteristics”). Such conduct may also violate federal, state or local law. 

Washington University in St. Louis has renewed its commitment as a member of the National Academies’ Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.  The Action Collaborative brings together leaders from academic institutions and key stakeholders to collaboratively work toward and share targeted action on addressing and preventing sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education.

This policy establishes institutional standards around external professional activities. It prescribes disclosure and review requirements, strategies for structuring external relationships and addresses potential conflicts of commitment.

The university is committed to ensuring that its electronic and information technology (“EIT”) is accessible to students, prospective students, employees and visitors with disabilities. 

WashU is frequently approached to take a formal institutional position on issues of public policy (often presented as ballot initiatives, legislation, resolutions, regulations, ordinances, and executive orders to direct governmental/quasi-governmental action). Final approval of official institutional positions resides with the Chancellor and/or the Vice Chancellor for Government & Community Relations, following consultation with appropriate University leadership. Groups and individuals affiliated with the University are not authorized to take institutional positions on public policy and should take care to clarify that any statements they make are not on behalf of the institution.

This Privacy Policy governs your use of any of WashU’s mobile applications or the university’s website. It is intended to help you understand our policies concerning the data we collect from our users, why we collect it, and how we use it.

The right of faculty members to academic freedom is of fundamental importance to an academic institution. That right shall be protected at Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU has a proud history of promoting freedom of expression. The free exchange of ideas is a cornerstone of higher education and we are committed to upholding this fundamental value. Lively intellectual conversations are as commonplace as comments about the weather. As chancellor, it’s important that I help cultivate a campus community in which everyone […]