![Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and (?)](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/By-Story-chancellor-1024x683.jpg)
![An attendee fills out a card](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/By-Story-student-signing-1024x683.jpg)
Lejla Jakupovic, a law student, contributes a message during the “By Name and By Story” event for scholarship donors and recipients. Participants were encouraged to write a meaningful message of inspiration, gratitude or encouragement for students and donors.
![(?) speaks with a student](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/By-Story-student-talking-1024x683.jpg)
![Pamela Ana Eguiguren Bravo (left), of the University of Chile, and WashU professor Kim Thuy Seelinger discuss their research project](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/MLTM-877_0312-view-1024x683.jpg)
![Poet Simone White speaks at the Kemper Art Museum](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/MLTM-1178_0068-view-1024x683.jpg)
![Poet Simone White speaks at the Kemper Art Museum](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/MLTM-1178_0024-view-1024x683.jpg)
![Students canoeing on the Mississippi River](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/WashURec-Canoe2-2035-view-683x1024.jpg)
![AI & Digital Health Summit panel](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/digital-health-summit-1024x683.jpg)
![Alumni show off their colorful sneakers](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/MLTM-1159_0195-view-1024x683.jpg)
The Black Alumni Council celebrated its 40th anniversary with a Sneaker Ball during Black Alumni Weekend Oct. 14 in Tisch Park. Alumni don their colorful sneakers and also brought sneakers to donate to the LinkStL, a place-based organization in the Hyde Park neighborhood. (Photo: Danny Reise/Washington University)
![Alumni celebrate at the 40th annual Black Alumni Council's Sneaker Ball](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/MLTM-1159_0170-view-1024x683.jpg)
![Sophomore Grace Ehlert scores the game-winning goal for the WashU Bears women’s soccer team](https://source.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2023/10/womenssoccer-view-1024x683.jpg)