Year: 2024

As the new academic year began, Washington University unveiled a new visual identity and an enhanced effort to communicate its important contributions in the areas of education, research and patient care to key internal and external audiences.

This fall, Washington University unveiled an updated visual identity that allows us to tell our story in new ways.

The forgotten story of how a diminutive 1955 fine arts major named Pat Bridges played a key role in sending astronauts to the Moon.

A letter from an alumnus with a unique perspective on the refreshed WashU brand.

Faculty, staff and students have access to national and local news publications such as The New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Business Journal through the university’s library system.

Sam Fox, a business and civic leader who was also among St. Louis’ most prominent philanthropists and WashU’s most loyal and generous alumni, died Dec. 2, surrounded by friends and family. He was 95.

Sean Joe, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at the Brown School, has been named a 2024-25 Institute for Economic Equity research fellow by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

WashU research shows that the liver turns fructose into lipids that many types of cancers crave.

“It’s Time,” the 2024 WashU Dance Theatre performance, will take place Dec. 6-8 in Edison Theatre. The evening-length concert will feature original works by visiting choreographers MJ Imani and Stephanie Martinez and faculty choreographers Joanna Dee Das, Elinor Harrison and David Marchant.

Nearly 1,500 students, faculty, advisers and others recently participated in hands-on practice events, and provided feedback, as WashU prepares for the first use of Workday Student in February. Online support is available, and instructor-led adviser training will begin in January.