Arts & Sciences

WashU Dance Theatre will present its 2026 performance, “right now,” Nov. 6-8 in Edison Theatre. The evening-length concert will feature new works by resident and guest choreographers, including visiting artists Shura Baryshnikov and Renée Austin.

Psychology researchers at WashU have found evidence that children’s exposure to natural spaces correlates with improved attention and achievement scores.

With a grant from Melinda French Gates’ organization, Pivotal, Caitlyn Collins, in Arts & Sciences, will investigate how parents navigate childcare and what policies could best meet their needs.

WashU assistant research professor Scott VanBommel is the lead author of a new paper that examines how dust interacts with Mars rover Perseverance’s spacesuit swatches and other materials.

Igor Levit is “one of the essential artists of his generation” (The New York Times), a pianist who “guides the public to the heart of Beethoven” (Le Figaro). On Nov. 9, Levit will launch WashU’s 10th annual Great Artists Series with an evening of Beethoven sonatas.

Ram Dixit, a renowned scientist who studies how plants evolve over time, has been named the George and Charmaine Mallinckrodt Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences.

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 25, several faculty members in Arts & Sciences and at WashU Medicine were promoted or granted tenure, effective that day.

Cady Heron has danced with nomads and scaled Kilimanjaro. In “Mean Girls,” the Kenya-raised teenager faces her greatest challenge yet: American high school. WashU’s Performing Arts Department will present the celebrated musical in Edison Theatre Oct. 22 to 25.

WashU Arts & Sciences’ Seanna Leath has received an award from the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

A well-known clock gene helps plants sense salt and respond to it, according to new research from biologist Xuehua Zhong in WashU Arts & Sciences. The findings could help scientists develop more resilient crops.