Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

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.

Simone Biles delivers a memorable address at WashU’s 164th Commencement, telling the Class of 2025: “The world doesn’t need you to be perfect. It needs you to be bold, to care, and to keep going even when things don’t go as planned.”

An Arts & Sciences course offers a deep dive into the transcendent career of Dolly Parton.

Great medical school mentors shaped Jay Kaiser’s career as a radiologist. Now, he and his wife make sure other aspiring physicians can have the same experience.