‘Ties that bind’
The Performing Arts Department will present Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Our Town” in Edison Theatre beginning Feb. 20. Though familiar to generations of audiences, the play’s pastoral setting can disguise its formal inventiveness, says director Andrea Urice.
‘Michelangelo & Titian’
In his new book, “Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Rivalry & Genius,” WashU’s William Wallace explores a mutual admiration, and simmering competition, that unfolded over decades.
WashU student film added to National Film Registry
Shot on WashU’s campus, the 110-year old film “The Maid of McMillan” is one of 25 films the Library of Congress added to the National Film Registry.
James Baldwin Review named best special issue
James Baldwin Review, the preeminent peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Baldwin’s life and legacy, which is co-edited by WashU’s Dwight A. McBride and Justin A. Joyce, has been named Best Special Issue of 2025 from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper Feb. 1
Ballaké Sissoko, one of the world’s great virtuosos of the 21-stringed West African kora, will be joined Feb. 1 by classically trained Cape Town guitarist Derek Gripper for an intimate recital as part of WashU’s Great Artists Series.
Homeschooled
A memoir
Stefan Merrill Block, AB ’04, was 9 when his mother pulled him from school, certain that his teachers were “stifling his creativity.” Hungry for more time with her boy who was growing up too quickly, she began to instruct Stefan in the family’s living room. Beyond his formal lessons in math, however, Stefan was largely left to […]
Mumford named ACSA Distinguished Professor
Eric P. Mumford, the Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named a 2026 Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA).
Goodbye, French Fry
A novel
A warm and funny family story that will have kids rooting for Ping-Ping — a girl who is ready to kick all the assumptions made about her aside.
Training in Charity
A novel
Training in Charity captures what it meant to begin a life in medicine before computers and technology softened the edges-a time when skill was learned by doing, compassion was earned at the bedside, and the making of a doctor was as raw and real as the city that held him.
The life cycle of a building
New home construction is a major source of carbon emissions. Over the last three semesters, Hongxi Yin and Sam Fox School students helped develop a pavilion made entirely from salvaged materials. Now on view in Chicago’s Millennium Park, the project sequestered more carbon than it released.
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