April 2025

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April 2025

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Featured stories

What is design today?

What is design today?

Graduate students studying human-computer interaction begin courses this fall — with help from prominent alumni.
Inspired by nature

Inspired by nature

Faculty at WashU follow the natural world for inspiration and ideas for innovative and “wild” solutions.
From here to next

From here to next

WashU Magazine checks in with Provost Beverly Wendland two-plus years after launching “Here and Next,” the bold, ambitious strategic plan that’s changing WashU in so many exciting ways.
Crystal clear

Crystal clear

As the first named curator at the renowned Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Jen Padgett is forging a distinctive career in a uniquely American art form.

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