Month: August 2023

The new School of Continuing & Professional Studies has freedom and flexibility to better focus on the needs of St. Louisans.

Academic freedom is the cornerstone of discovery, and our commitment to free inquiry has only been strengthened since our founding in 1853.

Shirlene Obuobi has touched many with her artistic interpretations of women in medicine and the state of health care.

Stacy Leeds, AB ’94, is the first Indigenous woman to be named dean of a law school (first at the University of Arkansas in 2011 and now at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law).

Merry Mosbacher, co-chair of Make Way: Our Student Initiative, learned early on to “raise her hand” and now gives her time and talent to helping students find their passions.

As a geoarchaeologist, Caitlin Rankin, MA ’16, PhD ’20, transforms long-standing answers into bold new questions.

Harsh Moolani founded Create Circles as a WashU undergrad. The nonprofit that pairs older adults with college students is now a national organization with some 700 volunteers in 33 states.

Molly Maginnis Tippe, BFA ’73, talks about what it’s like to be a costume designer for stage, film and TV.

As chief operating officer of Sporting News Holdings, Shaun Koiner, oversees a legacy brand that’s been around since 1886. Now, it is global and more robust than it’s been in decades. (Photo: Terrence Jones)

Each Thursday last spring, kids excitedly cut cardboard and glued construction paper as Washington University students guided and encouraged them to investigate, experiment and build. In “Explore and Contribute,” students from across the university create curricula and then teach elementary students hands-on problem-solving projects revolving around issues like climate change and homelessness. During the 2023 […]