Campus & Community

Alejandro Ramirez arrived at WashU as a pre-med student, but will leave with a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Brazil. Patricia Maurer will graduate with a PhD in Germanic languages and literatures but wants to support students academically and professionally as a higher education administrator. Both will reflect on their experiences as student speakers at the 163rd Commencement ceremony.

Washington University in St. Louis will award five honorary degrees during its 163rd Commencement Monday, May 13. Among the recipients is Jennifer Coolidge, an award-winning actor known for her numerous iconic roles in film and on television, who will deliver the Commencement address.

Undergraduates Hannah Davis, Shelei Pan, Braxton Sizemore and Shan Wang were honored by the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Ursaworks Robotics Club at Washington University in St. Louis secured a second-place finish at the 2024 Midwest RoboMaster Competition.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Jordan Simmons, a senior majoring in global studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was selected as a 2024 Donald M. Payne International Development Fellow. The program is aimed at those interested in careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Meet 12 members of the Washington University in St. Louis 2024 graduating class ready to address the globe’s climate, environmental and sustainability challenges.

Kevin Corrigan, a graduate degree candidate in landscape architecture from the Sam Fox School, says good landscape design can make cities more resilient and beautiful.

Ping-I (Dennis) Chou soon will graduate from Washington University in St. Louis and begin work at Intel. He has studied water chemistry and plastics in the environment.

As an undergraduate researcher at Washington University in St. Louis’ Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Guinter Dame Vogg analyzed air filters from around the globe for PM2.5, the microscopic particles that cause millions of premature deaths every year. What he saw changed his life.