The artist’s way
WashU was a window to the world in the acclaimed career of contemporary painter John Moore.
Building potential
Scott Mitchell harnesses the power of robotic machines to create wow-worthy structures.
Alberti campers sketch, build and dream big
Launched in 2007, WashU’s Alberti Program offers young people a hands-on introduction to architecture, a field rarely included in the K-12 curriculum. Students ask the same questions, use the same tools and build the same models as real-life architects.
Waterlogged seeds reveal melons’ ancient journey
A new WashU study shows how scientists can use ancient DNA to answer historical questions beyond what artifacts alone can reveal.
Kim-Yu wins Newcombe dissertation fellowship
Naomi Kim-Yu, a doctoral candidate in English and a Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American culture studies, both in WashU Arts & Sciences, has won a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Carolina Caycedo on ‘Growing Deep Roots’
“Growing Deep Roots,” a one-person show by artist Carolina Caycedo, will open Sept. 9 at the WashU Kemper Art Museum. In this Q&A, Caycedo discusses her work, her interest in migration, just energy transitions and the tenacity of repair.
‘The Color Purple’ opens Black Rep’s 50th season
The Black Rep will launch its 50th anniversary season Sept. 11 with the Tony Award-winning musical “The Color Purple” in WashU’s Edison Theatre.
Hester Blum
Hester Blum follows literary questions beyond the archive and into the environments that shaped them. A leading scholar of environmental humanities, Blum is the Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor of English in WashU Arts & Sciences.
Inside Jokes
A comedy and creative guide for all writers
A book whose aim is to teach anyone to write funnier, from short humor and satire to essays and memoir to psychiatric intake forms. Each chapter has technical and practical instruction to turn comedy outsiders into insiders and non-funny readers into funny writers. Included at no extra cost: brainstorming and writing exercises, prompts, and pep […]
Rediscovering Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola
Horacio Coppola and Grete Stern are pivotal figures in the art of 20th century Argentina. Beginning Sept. 9, the WashU Kemper Art Museum will explore their legacy as part of “Buenos Aires Modern, 1935–1950,” the first U.S. exhibition to examine how local, exile and immigrant artists adopted and transformed the aesthetics of international modernism.
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