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Campus & Community

Our fearless first lady

Risa Zwerling Wrighton at Harbison House. Photos by Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos
Whether tackling gun violence or connecting students to the community, Risa Zwerling Wrighton is dedicated to improving lives, making her the perfect first lady.
Arts & Culture

A world of visual impressions

Arthur Osver (1912–2006) in Bixby Hall circa 1960. A new monograph edited by Angela Miller, professor of Art History & Archaeology in Arts & Sciences, is the first to trace the painter’s nearly seven-decade career. (Photo: Estate of Arthur Osver and Ernestine Betsberg)
Arthur Osver won international acclaim for his evocative depictions of the American city. And though his work evolved, that ramshackle topography remained part of his painterly DNA. So argues art history Professor Angela Miller in “Arthur Osver: Urban Landscape, Abstraction, and the Mystique of Place” (2019).
Campus & Community

Going global

Mark Wrighton introduces then–UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the students of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy during a 2016 trip to the United Nations in New York. Photo by Joe Angeles
From the beginning of his tenure, Mark Wrighton set out to put Washington University and its students and faculty on the map.
Campus & Community

On a personal note

Mark Wrighton and Risa Zwerling Wrighton reminisce in Harbison House. Photos by Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos
Inspired by a selection of photos taken during their tenure, the Wrightons discuss their love story, life in Harbison House and thoughts on their legacy.
Popular Culture

Pushing the culture forward

Morgan DeBaun, founder of Blavity, in her office, in Los Angeles, CA.
Morgan DeBaun, AB ’12, and three other WashU alumni ­founded Blavity, a news and entertainment website featuring stories from a black point of view. Today, DeBaun is CEO, using the varied skills she learned at WashU.
Campus & Community

Listening with purpose, leading with heart

Washington University in St. Louis administrators and faculty welcomed WUSTL alumni with children who are new students arriving for fall semester 2017 with a special luncheon at Holmes Lounge on the Danforth Campus in St. Louis Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Photo by Sid Hastings / WUSTL Photos
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has relied on insights from alumni to help him guide the university. His partnership with the Alumni Board of Governors has provided an ­important forum for listening to and ­engaging with the university’s biggest ­champions: its graduates.