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Academics

Get to know Sean Armstrong

Asquith S. “Sean” Armstrong joined Washington University in St. Louis as dean of University College on Nov. 1. In this video, he talks about his decision to come to WashU, his background and his commitment to University College and the success of adult learners.
Campus & Community

University announces plans for new Arts & Sciences building

Danforth Campus where new A&S building will go, west of Olin Library.
Washington University in St. Louis plans to construct a new state-of-the-art building for Arts & Sciences, the largest school on the Danforth Campus, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. The building and the surrounding landscape will create a new quad at the heart of campus, west of Olin Library and north of Graham Chapel.
Law

Is privacy dead?

In a new book, “Why Privacy Matters,” one of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor in Law and co-director of the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law, argues privacy is not dead, but up for grabs.
Humanities & Society

A new home for humanists

In the first graduate studiolab, “Freedom | Information | Acts,” students are comparing interviews filmed for the iconic civil rights chronicle Eyes on the Prize to roughly contemporaneous interviews. In doing so, they’re thinking through how we tell the civil rights story — and how that might impact our understanding of the current political moment.
The Lewis Collaborative — a reinvention of a century-old U. City landmark — and a new “studiolab” model are reshaping humanities education at WashU.
Advancement

Advancing new knowledge and new leaders

Alumnus Gaurav Garg and his wife, Komal Shah, help forward the university’s mission by serving in numerous leadership roles, and generously supporting student scholarships and transformative faculty research.