Year: 2024

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” in Edison Theatre Feb. 23 to March 3.

A team of Olin Business School professors, students and staff helped four local entrepreneurs win 2023 Arch Grants. With this year’s competition underway, they are again providing applicants with valuable feedback. The deadline to submit application materials for review is March 3.

Rice feeds the world, but a look-alike weed can outcompete the crop. A study led by biologist Ken Olsen in Arts & Sciences shows how weedy rice gets its edge in tropical regions of the world.

Catherine Marroquin, a junior studying neuroscience and psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. She was 24.

Physicians at Siteman Cancer Center, based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will be among the first in the nation to administer a new cell-based immunotherapy to eligible patients with melanoma.

Parking & Transportation Services at Washington University in St. Louis provides several updates, including its new director, vehicle storage during spring break and upcoming campus events that may affect parking.

Kahlil Robert Irving (MFA ’17) will present “Archaeology of the Present,” a 2,000-square-foot installation exploring our relationship to the city street, at Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum beginning Feb. 23.

Alumna Jenelle Cooper brings a lifelong love of aviation to her career as an aerospace engineer.

As head of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum, WashU alum Shyam Bishen strives to achieve more efficient and equitable health care around the world.

In her new book, alumna Robyn Silverman provides a practical guide for navigating parenthood’s toughest conversations.