Media Advisory: Exhibit preview with artist Katharina Grosse
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will host a press preview of the exhibition “Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988-2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22. The exhibition opens to the public the following evening.
Media advisory: Washington University first-year students move in Friday, Aug. 19
Media are invited to cover the arrival of the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2026 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. Some 1,800 students from 48 states and 27 countries will be moving in to residence halls on the South 40 and participating in Bear Beginnings orientation.
Celebrating our graduates
On May 20, Washington University celebrated more than 2,500 graduates at the first university-wide Commencement event held on Francis Olympic Field.
Re-imagining Commencement
More graduates, more room, more fun, more food, more joy, all added up to a glorious send-off for Washington University in St. Louis’ Class of 2022.
06.15.22
Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.
06.01.22
Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.
Med facilities services to open in new location June 2
The School of Medicine’s Facilities Integrated Service Center will open Thursday, June 2, in its new location at the Mid Campus Center.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement is 9 a.m. Friday, May 20
Washington University’s 161st Commencement is 9 a.m. Friday, May 20, on Francis Olympic Field. The university will award degrees to approximately 3,800 members of the Class of 2022, and Mae Jemison, MD, the first woman of color to become a NASA astronaut and to travel into space, will deliver the Commencement address.
Reading Week at WashU
What are Washington University in St. Louis students doing during reading week? Junior Amanda Sherman hits the Danforth Campus to find out. Along the way she meets students who have scored big summer internships, performed in campus shows and survived organic chemistry.
New leader for university services appointed
Jason McClellan, of Tufts University, has been appointed assistant vice chancellor for university services at Washington University, announced Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor and chief administrative officer.
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