Honoring the fight for freedom

Honoring the fight for freedom

The Freedom Suits Memorial in downtown St. Louis honors enslaved men and women who sued for their freedom before the Civil War. Here’s how the WashU community contributed to the decades-long effort.
Creating ‘Fellowship’

Creating ‘Fellowship’

How Jason Green, AB ’03, went from White House counsel to documentary filmmaker, and why he’s just begun to tell the stories we need to hear in the way we need to hear them.
Feels like home

Feels like home

WashU creates exceptional residential experiences for undergrads and grad students by building living and learning communities that cultivate a sense of family and fun — and that have been recognized as being second to none.
Project runway

Project runway

The student-run “Made to Model” initiative culminated in an unforgettable night for 15 St. Louis area kids with functional needs at the 93rd Annual Fashion Design Show in Holmes Lounge.
Guts and stardust

Guts and stardust

Kevin McKeegan, who earned his PhD in physics in Arts & Sciences in 1987, has had a storied career measuring the tiniest particles of the solar system.
The next war we have to win

The next war we have to win

While the battle against SARS-CoV-2 rages on, Washington University researchers and clinicians are fighting a rearguard action against drug-resistant infections that years of overprescribing have turned deadly.
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