WashU receives $200M commitment for public health
The largest gift in WashU history, from the Bursky Family Foundation, will advance the School of Public Health’s vision in a post-pandemic world.
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Perspectives
The Best Graduation Speech Is One Nobody Remembers
Perhaps the most important work a commencement speaker can do is to bring a community of people together through what they share in this fleeting moment, rather than to dwell on how they are being driven apart, writes Ian Bogost.
‘How illustration is essential to world cultures’
Writer and illustrator D.B. Dowd, a professor of design at the WashU Sam Fox School, discusses in a Q&A his latest book, “Reading Pictures: A History of Illustration,” which traces illustration from early print to modern digital media.
Software Ate My Homework
Ian Bogost writes about a ransomware attack took down a popular university-course-management software right in the middle of finals.
Videos
A scientist’s ‘a-ha moment’
Alex Quillin, PhD ’25, talks about the day she looked through the microscope and realized what she and her fellow students discovered.
Bookshelf
‘Michelangelo & Titian’
In his new book, “Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Rivalry & Genius,” WashU’s William Wallace explores a mutual admiration, and simmering competition, that unfolded over decades.