Faculty speak at WashU’s She Leads Symposium

This year’s She Leads Symposium highlighted WashU’s innovations in reimagining systems to respond to today’s ecological challenges at the intersection of design and the natural and built environment. Professor Linda C. Samuels, the Sam Fox School’s director of sustainable design and environmental justice, delivered the Karl King Hoagland, Jr. Keynote address.

Faculty members Irene Compadre and Juan William Chávez participated in a fireside chat about design and environmental sustainability, discussing their work in Love Bank Park and Wak'a Garden, respectively.

Faculty members Bei Hu and Jonathan Hanahan participated in a fireside chat about design and driving environment safety with McKelvey Engineering’s Shantanu Chakrabartty.

The half-day symposium was held Oct. 23.