South 40

The Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2022 arrived on the Danforth Campus South 40 with mini-fridges, duvet covers and big hopes for their new home. But they weren’t alone. They were joined by new faculty fellows Jeff Zacks and Lerone Martin.

Safe Trick or Treat was held Oct. 27 on the South 40 for more than 260 local children. Offered by the Campus Y and co-sponsored by Student Union and Congress of the South 40, the event offers a safe alternative to Halloween trick-or-treating.

Senior Ji Eun Seo returns an item to Washington University Libraries through the new book drop box on the South 40. Seo and other WUSTL libraries users now can return university library books, music and other materials through the new book drop. The box is located on Shepley Drive across from the South 40 House.

Washington University in St. Louis students living in on-campus housing are shutting off lights, sharing fridges and unplugging their device chargers to win the WUSTL Green Cup. The Green Cup recognizes the South 40 residential college, North Side team and fraternity that reduce their energy use by the highest percentage during the four-week competition, which begins Wednesday, Feb. 1, and ends Wednesday, Feb. 29.

The summer months can be quiet at Washington University, but construction crews are hard at work throughout the Danforth and Medical campuses renovating and building to create new and better places to work, study, teach and live.

Three new student residential buildings on the Danforth Campus — the South 40 House (Phase 2), College Hall and Eliot B — have received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. All three buildings are located on the South 40 area of campus. 

Photo by Joe AngelesThe green roof on the South 40 House.An environmentally friendly “green roof” — containing grass, native plants and approximately 110,000 pounds of soil — opened last week at the South 40 House on Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth Campus. The new roof helps the university conserve energy and water and provides additional gathering space for students.

David Kilper / WUSTL PhotoEliot Residence Hall during implosionIt took two years to build and mere seconds for it to come down, floor by floor. The last remaining high-rise on Washington University’s South 40, Eliot Residence Hall was demolished just after 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, to make way for new student housing. As hundreds of Washington University students, faculty, staff, neighbors and alumni — including some who once lived in Eliot — watched, the 12-story, 38-year-old brick structure was imploded, leaving behind a dust cloud that quickly dissipated and a heap of rubble. A new residential hall will be built in the same place and will retain the Eliot name, which honors William Greenleaf Eliot, the university’s co-founder.

WUSTL archivesEilot Residence Hall, 1965Eliot Residence Hall on Washington University’s South 40, the student residential area between Forsyth and Wydown boulevards, will be imploded by Spirtas Wrecking Co. at 10 a.m. June 21 to make way for new student housing. The new residence hall to be built in the same location will retain the Eliot name and comprise 53,500 square feet as part of the Phase II B housing construction on the South 40. The new hall, which will be four stories tall and include 170 beds, will be ready for the fall 2004 semester.