Arts & Sciences

Researchers at Washington University have received a $3.7 million grant to optimize a self-guided intervention for individuals with eating disorders.

“Retina Burn,” the Performing Arts Department’s annual student lighting design and digital media concert, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in Edison Theatre.

James L. Gibson, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, leads a new ranking of most productive political scientists in North America and around the world, according to a new study published by the American Political Science Association.  

WashU juniors Omar Abdelmoity, Cedric Bruges, Noah Kabbaj and Marilee Karinshak have received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award that honors students who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

Daniel Cheluget, a junior in Arts & Sciences, has won a 2025 Critical Language Scholarship in Swahili from the U.S. Department of State.

WashU’s Performing Arts Department, in Arts & Sciences, will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a nimble, affectionate and Tony Award-winning satire of language, ambition and the crucible of competition, in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre April 17-20.

Andy Robaina, a senior studying mathematics and philosophy in Arts & Sciences, has been named a Gaither Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

WashU will pause construction on major capital projects on its Danforth Campus, in response to uncertainties regarding federal funding. 

A team led by biologists in Arts & Sciences and the Missouri Botanical Garden uncovered the ecological forces that drive remarkable chemical diversity of trees in the Andes mountains.

Researchers at Washington University study the upside to staying social online.