Arts & Sciences

Filmmaker Ava Farrar brings a fresh approach to Midwestern storytelling, finding inspiration close to home.

As the U.S. turns 250 years old, a digital archive created by historian Peter Kastor sheds light on the founding fathers and the federal workforce that supported them.

Bill Siedhoff has worked decades in the public sector at the local and state levels. At 84, he’s showing no signs of slowing down.

Susannah Cahalan’s third book, The Acid Queen, sheds light on the nearly forgotten life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary.

On-campus leadership opportunities put Christina Walker on a path to help future student-athletes thrive.

WashU’s student-run radio station hits middle age in stride.

In their acclaimed chamber opera “The Tongue and The Lash,” composer Damien Sneed and librettist Karen Chilton imagine a conversation between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. following their iconic 1965 debate. WashU will present a performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Graham Chapel.

Researchers at WashU are documenting the loss of the Sunlight glacier system near Sunlight Peak, Wyo.

Ralph S. Quatrano, an internationally renowned plant scientist, former dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering & Applied Science and former chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, died Feb. 24, 2026, in St. Louis. He was 84.

The 16th annual St. Louis Area Brain Bee drew 54 high school students from about 30 schools to WashU for a day of neuroscience challenges and panels.