The View From Here - Editors' Picks 2020 | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis photographers — such as Joe Angeles and James Byard in Public Affairs, and Matt Miller in Medical Public Affairs — are active on campus and across the region, capturing the work and activities of our faculty, staff, students and community. But in 2020, they not only witnessed the university’s world turn upside down, they experienced it, too — wearing masks and capturing socially distanced images while being embedded in our partner hospitals, our academic halls, even our homes. In these images of a year like no other, we see themes of isolation, empowerment and hope. We also see reflections of ourselves. Here are just a few of the editors’ picks.

Spring showers give way to a sunset over Brookings Hall on the Danforth Campus. The university shifted to remote operations in late March to help “flatten the curve” and protect the health and well-being of the university community and the St. Louis region. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

COVID testing — A COVID-19 testing site is set up outside the Charles F. Knight Emergency and Trauma Center on April 9 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and along Scott Avenue on the Medical Campus. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

coronavirus researchers — Postdoctoral researchers Brett Case (left) and Adam Bailey, MD, PhD, wear full personal protective equipment in March while studying the COVID-19 virus. School of Medicine physicians and researchers prepared for COVID-19 cases and worked on drugs and vaccines to fight the disease. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

A student studies alone in a window during final exams during the fall semester on the Danforth Campus. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

A lone message of support is the only sign of Commencement on campus, after the in-person event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This message was found outside Ridgley Hall on May 15, what would have been the university’s 159th ceremony. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

In May, frontline caregivers are treating a COVID-19 patient in an intensive-care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The critical-care team includes nurse Kyle Breitenstein (green cap) and Praveen Chenna, MD (far right), associate professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. (Photo: Matt Miller/Washington University School of Medicine) — Frontline caregivers treat a COVID-19 patient in May in an intensive-care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The critical-care team includes nurse Kyle Breitenstein (green cap) and Praveen Chenna, MD (far right), associate professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

In June, hundreds of health-care workers, students and others stood for 8 minutes, 46 seconds during a student-led White Coats for Black Lives event along Kingshighway, west of the Medical Campus. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

students in tunnel — Local artists transformed the South 40 underpass to welcome students back to campus. “The mural is about social justice, education and inspiration. We want to give students something to think about as they walk to class,” said artist De’Joneiro Jones. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Shanti Parikh, associate professor in Arts & Sciences, safely teaches a class on the AIDS epidemic in Wrighton Hall on the first day of the fall semester. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

A student plays Frisbee on the first day of classes in September. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Martin family — Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, along with his daughter, Olive (left), and wife, Stephanie, pause to reflect on the legacy of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, whose death in September was marked in many ways, including black bunting around campus. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

student voting — First-year student Caleb Saffold votes in the 2020 general election on Nov. 3. Caleb was one of nearly 2,600 WashU students who registered to vote and more than 1,100 St. Louis County residents who cast their votes in the WashU Field House. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

health workers get COVID-19 vaccine — Joan Niehoff, MD, receives a vaccine against COVID-19 Dec. 17 on the Medical Campus. Health-care workers and other employees in contact with patients received vaccines from the first shipment to arrive on the Medical Campus. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Liz Shabani, director of global programs at Olin Business School, assisted on the frontlines of the effort to bring home students and faculty from overseas during the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) — Liz Shabani, director of global programs at Olin Business School, assisted on the front lines of the effort to bring home students and faculty from overseas during the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic. She is pictured at home. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

thank you signs at med campus — Health-care workers on the Medical Campus are reminded of the appreciation we all have for them, with signs and notes throughout the medical buildings. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

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