Author: Claire Gauen

Mark Waggoner, BSCE ’97, designs stadium roofs that shield tens of thousands of sports fans from the elements and can withstand Mother Nature’s fury.

María Isabel Dabrowski, AB ’18, discusses science outreach, the importance empathy and how she launched a career in environmental conservation.

Crystal Marie Moten, AB ’04, wants visitors to the Obama Presidential Center Museum to see themselves in history.

Alumnus Tej Seelamsetty applies his joint interests in business and technology to a massive health-care problem.

Rachel Marsh, CEO of the Children’s Alliance of Kansas, leverages her two WashU degrees to promote child safety and well-being.

Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld has a lot to say about the taboo subject of pay.

Martin Riker directs the new publishing concentration in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences. Here, he talks about fear, imagination and delivering The Guest Lecture.

Law professor and international criminal lawyer Leila Nadya Sadat explains why she’ll ‘never give up’ in the pursuit of a global treaty to prosecute mass crimes taking place in Ukraine and around the world.

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 […]

Jewish books stolen by Nazis during World War II are returned to Prague — by way of Washington University Libraries.