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.
‘Looking Back Toward the Future’
Celebrated editor, publisher and art collector Larry Warsh recently gifted 56 works of Chinese photography to the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. This spring, the museum will publicly display 43 of those works, all made between 1993 and 2006, for the first time in “Looking Back Toward the Future: Contemporary Photography from China.”
Sam Fox School spring Public Lecture Series begins Jan. 30
Architectural historian Mary McLeod, conceptual photographer Wang Qingsong and multimedia artist Clarissa Tossin will discuss their work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts spring Public Lecture Series.
Costanzo launches 2026 Great Artists Series
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is “a perfect musician” (Le Monde), at once “vocally brilliant and dramatically fearless” (New York Times). On Jan. 25, Costanzo will launch WashU’s 2026 Great Artists Series.
Reading Pictures
A History of Illustration
A history of illustration from the beginning of popular print to the rise of mass literacy and into today’s age of digital media. Of all the visual arts, illustration shares a unique relationship with the written word, often serving to visualize, enhance, or respond to a text. Reading Pictures presents a global history of this versatile art […]
Michelangelo and Titian
A Tale of Rivalry and Genius
From the acclaimed author of Michelangelo, God’s Architect, a dual biography of two towering artists of the Renaissance, whose decades-long rivalry spurred both to greater heights. In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice’s famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian’s drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and […]
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