Ethical exotics

Ethical exotics

Kahan Chavda, BSBME ’16, co-founder of Inversa, a company pioneering the field of ethically harvested leathers, workshops with Sam Fox School students on how engineering and fashion design can support endangered ecosystems.
Full circle

Full circle

Some 43 years after being unable to attend his Commencement, the Hon. Judge Edward Washington II finally gets his graduation ceremony — and another chapter added to his WashU story.
A man of letters

A man of letters

A surprising donation of correspondence to WashU Libraries last winter is starting to yield new insights into the life of poet Howard Nemerov.
With You: The WashU Campaign

With You: The WashU Campaign

Launched May 1, the campaign invites alumni, parents, donors and friends to partner with WashU and work together to create a more promising future for all.
Cosmic ‘lenses’ will better define dark matter

Cosmic ‘lenses’ will better define dark matter

Physicists Bryce Wedig and Tansu Daylan, in Arts & Sciences, calculated how many gravitational lenses will be uncovered by NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when it begins science operations in 2027. By examining a large population of these lenses, the researchers hope to learn a lot more about the mysterious nature of dark matter.
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