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Writing the next chapter
To earn a bachelor’s degree from Washington University, students must complete at least 120 units of coursework. That number, however, does not capture the full measure of a WashU education. Many...
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Tracking the populist tsunami
Populism has always come in waves, sometimes rocking the status quo, sometimes reforming it. These days, though, it feels like a tsunami. What are the implications of this trend for democracy?...
View ArticleNext steps in returning people to the Moon
“As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” These were the words of Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan just...
View ArticleAdvocating through stories
Cultural curator Imani Cheers, AB ’02, credits her parents with teaching her “the importance of documenting life,” she says. “My mother was a consummate scrapbooker and saved so many memories,”...
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Shining a light on Black women physicians
From the Civil War to the 21st century, Black women have fought to become physicians. A new book by Jasmine Brown, AB ’18, tells the story of the barriers Black women pursuing a career in medicine...
View ArticleMore than a medal
It’s a warm fall afternoon and Clark-Fox Forum is buzzing with anticipation. A capacity crowd has gathered to see cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her richly layered depictions of queer life and...
View ArticleHamilton: A gateway to early American policy and politics
When Peter Kastor, the Samuel K. Eddy Professor, needed a topic for a seminar that teaches history majors how to be historians, he chose history’s man of the moment: Alexander Hamilton. “I wanted to...
View ArticleFor the love of the game
“Are you like the Jonah Hill character in Moneyball?” Matt Bayer, AB ’11, has heard this question hundreds of times. His response? “Yes, I am. But it would have been more fun if the character had been...
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Frierson, Kang recieve ACLS fellowships
Frierson (left) and Kang. (Photos: Washington University) Two Arts & Sciences faculty members from Washington University in St. Louis have won fellowships from the American Council of Learned...
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‘Digging down deep’
Naomi Blair plays Hester. (Photo: Jack Rusken/Washington University) “Midnight. Everyone should be in bed. But theyre not. Itd be nice if they was all in bed and not on their way to me.”— Hester, from...
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WashU’s Weidenbaum Center joins Harvard’s peer pre-review consortium
A new partnership between the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy and Harvard University will give social scientists at Washington University in St. Louis the opportunity...
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Noémi Neidorff pledges to establish endowed professorship in Arts & Sciences
Noémi Neidorff, a longtime benefactor of Washington University in St. Louis and other cultural and educational institutions locally and beyond, has made a $3 million pledge to the university to endow...
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Richard W. Coles, former director of Tyson Research Center, 83
Richard W. (Dick) Coles, who served as the inaugural director of Washington University in St. Louis’ Tyson Research Center and also as an adjunct professor of biology for more than 25 years, died Dec....
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Mind-body connection is built into brain, study suggests
Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the idea that the body and mind are...
View ArticleFaculty recognized by psychological association
Denise Head and Lori Markson, both professors of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named fellows of the Association for...
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Faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Four Washington University in St. Louis faculty are among nearly 270 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. They...
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Engagement on anti-racism, diversity and inclusion
Higher education institutions should work to change their organizational cultures to improve diversity, equity and inclusion within science and technology fields, rather than focusing only on...
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Harwell named Udall Scholar
Tori Harwell, a junior studying African and African American studies and environmental analysis in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a Udall Scholar, an honor...
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‘The battle for memory’
Sowande Mustakeem leads her seminar “Medicine, Healing and Experimentation in the Contours of Black History.” (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University) In the late 1700s, a half-century before the...
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Dobbins named Society of Experimental Psychologists fellow
Dobbins Ian Dobbins, a professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a 2023 fellow of the Society of Experimental...
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