Campus & Community

Alumna Sandy Speicher’s human-centered design solutions are greatly impacting the nation’s quality of education. These solutions may one day lead to a higher quality of life for students.

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Jennifer R. Smith, PhD, became dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, the largest of the university’s undergraduate schools, July 1, 2012.

Washington University students continue to win competitive scholarships, from the Goldwater to the Udall.

Sifting through the Vatican Secret Archives, Professor Craig Monson, PhD, uncovers remarkable stories that reveal the sometimes scandalous history and traditions of Italian convent singing.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is hosting Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, an exhibit that explores the essential role that innovative design can play in addressing today’s most pressing local and global issues.

Washington University had a conference-best 20 student-athletes named to the fourth annual University Athletic Association (UAA) Presidents Scholar-Athlete Team in 2012.

Eleven Washington University-affiliated entrepreneurs win $750,000 in inaugural funding from Arch Grants.

More than 1,000 alumni, family and friends of the Ervin Scholars Program visited campus Sept. 14–16, 2012, to participate in “Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence: Our Names and Our Stories.” “Throughout the weekend, we recognized the extraordinary scholars who, in pursuit of academic excellence, service, leadership and diversity, have continued the legacy of Dr. John […]

Paul Allen, PhD, the Robert L. Kroc Professor of Pathology and Immunology, has received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research titled “Recognition and Signaling in Positive Selection of CD4+ T Cells.” Yossi Aviv, PhD, was named the Dan Broida Professor of Operations […]