Working with the News Media

Washington University in St. Louis has a long-standing commitment to the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions by students, faculty, and staff. Because our scholarly, research, and learning activities generate news media interest, faculty and students are encouraged to cooperate with reporters who express interest in talking with them about their areas of […]

Office of Public Affairs

The Office of Public Affairs communicates the news and information about Washington University in St. Louis, and reports the University’s achievements as a national and international leader among America’s premier universities. Emphasis on all communication is focused on the high quality of learning and teaching, important scholarship and research, exceptional abilities of students and faculty, […]

An ancient art

Master carpenter Tamotsu Edo of Awajishima, Japan, will work with students from the Washington University School of Architecture to construct and install a traditional Japanese teahouse waiting bench, or koshikake machiai, in the university’s Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden.

Working successfully with news media

Washington University in St. Louis has a long-standing commitment to the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions by students, faculty and staff. Because our scholarly, research and learning activities generate news media interest, faculty and students are encouraged to cooperate with reporters who express interest in talking with them about their areas of […]

Inspiring trust

May you grow up strong and lovely with a mind that seeks the truth and a heart that knows compassion and a dream that pulls you through. Assistant to the Chancellor Steven J. Givens wrote that years ago as part of “A Dream That Pulls You Through,” a lullaby for his then-infant daughter, Jenny. “I […]

Expressionist Architecture

Iain Boyd Whyte, professor of architectural history at the University of Edinburgh, will speak for the Washington University Gallery of Art at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in Steinberg Auditorium.

POP cutline 9-19

Warren Cheston demonstrates a Geiger counter to Barbara Brown in an engineering display for the Centennial Founders Day celebration in February 1953. The University Alumni Association has hosted Founders Day for about 75 years, and as part of this occasion, outstanding alumni, faculty and friends are honored for the important roles they have played in […]
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