Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Rhonda Roby has become one of the country’s foremost experts in mitochondrial DNA, solving some of the biggest forensic questions of our time.

Karen Ivy has excelled in aerospace and academia. Now, she uses her experiences to empower the next generation of leaders.

For landscape architect and urban designer Brendan Wittstruck, architecture is a life of service.

Meet three alumni who came to WashU for four years and stayed for a lifetime.

Covering everything from social media to bitcoin to AI, a timely and all-too-topical political science course challenges students to think differently.

In Rebuilding the American Town, the Sam Fox School’s Patty Heyda helps redefine our understanding of the smaller cities that make up the urban landscape.

CJ Harrington is taking lessons learned at WashU to bet on himself and build a life — and a career — from the ground up.

From West to East and back again, an Arts & Sciences course uses pop culture and food to examine East Asia and globalization.

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 surprising donation of correspondence to WashU Libraries last winter is starting to yield new insights into the life of poet Howard Nemerov.