Triple play

Three beloved longtime Brown School faculty — representing 102 years of scholarship, research and collaboration — were elevated to new positions within the faculty April 2 during an installation ceremony in Brown Lounge.

‘Vision, Energy and Knowledge of Legal Education’

Nancy Staudt, JD, PhD, vice dean for faculty and academic affairs at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, has been named dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, effective May 15, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced. She also will become the Howard and Caroline Cayne Professor of […]

Transdisciplinary collaboration is key

William Tate
William F. Tate, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the Department of Education at Washington University, has been named the next dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and vice provost for graduate education.

On well-being

Groundbreaking neuroscientist Richard Davidson visited campus for two days of lectures, discussing the emotional life of the brain and how well-being can be learned.

Clear-eyed vision

Christine Lorenz
Through her work with powerful medical imaging software, alumna Christine Lorenz, PhD, is helping create a healthier world.

Empowerment for everyone​​

Alumna Laura E. Knights has always been driven to help people and serve her community, a lesson instilled first by her parents and reinforced at Washington University, where Knights was an Ervin Scholar and counted the late Dean James E. McLeod among her mentors.

Big fun

2014 Thurtene
The student-managed carnival is one of the university’s longest-running traditions, delighting carnival-goers since 1907.

First-year champion

Michael Lagieski swimming champion
Washington University freshman Michael Lagieski set a meet and school record on his way to winning the men’s 100 breaststroke at the 2014 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships.