its Arts & Sciences curriculum, and completed more than 30 new buildings. The university has also built more than 50 new buildings and increased its endowment by more than $5,000,000,000.
=== 21st century ===
In 2005, Washington University established the "McDonnell International Scholars Academy", an international network of research universities build a global network to address challenges like disease and poverty, through academic collaboration, with an initial endowment gift of $10,000,000 (equivalent to $16,100,000 in 2024) from John F. McDonnell. Initially, it began with 15 partner institutions in Asia. As of 2022, it has more than 30 partner institutions around the world.
The Hilltop Campus was renamed the Danforth Campus in 2006 to honor former chancellor William H. Danforth.
In 2014, a study ranked Washington University first in the country for income inequality with approximately 22 percent of its students coming from the top 1 percent of earners, and about 6 percent from the bottom 60 percent. In …
