Washington Magazine

Shortly after Commencment, Chancellor Andrew Martin spent some time with Julia Blanchard, AB ’24, talking about what the WashU Pledge meant for her, her WashU Pledge cohort — and for a whole new generation of WashU students.

A new acclaimed novel by Teddy Wayne, MFA ’07, explores class mobility, moral choices and love in the time of COVID.

Gerald Early, who served as a curatorial consultant for a new exhibit on Black baseball at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, discusses The Souls of the Game.

As incoming chair of the Alumni Board of Governors, Valerie Davisson aims to inspire WashU graduates to engage with and support their alma mater — and its students.

A WashU education helped prepare John W. Davis, AB ’74, for assignments in an international world of espionage.

In “The Neuroscience of Movement,” dancer and research scientist Elinor Harrison introduces students to the complex neural processes that allow us to coordinate thought, action and perception.

Experiences with St. Louis organizations led alumna Samantha Searls to a career in advocating for immigrants.

Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield sheds light on the ways racism persists in professional settings and offers a path forward for employers.

WashU alumnae are founding companies with moms in mind, offering solutions for the raw, unfiltered realities of pregnancy and infant care.

In the undergraduate course “Beyond the Evidence,” students learn how science communication and moral worldviews intersect.