Arts & Sciences

To earn a bachelor’s degree from Washington University, students must complete at least 120 units of coursework. That number, however, does not capture the full measure of a WashU education. Many students devote just as much time and energy to clubs, sports and volunteering as they do to their academic pursuits.  Through co-curricular activities, students build […]

On the outskirts of Kibale National Park in Uganda, anthropologist Krista Milich supports a community-led effort to keep wild animals at a safe distance from neighboring properties.

Research by sociologist Caitlyn Collins, in Arts & Sciences, was cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President.

Tansu Daylan, an assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, will develop curriculum for enhanced reproducibility and equity in exoplanet research.

Washington University in St. Louis junior Nidhi Krishnan, an ROTC cadet in the Gateway Battalion and an Ervin Scholar, has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, the prestigious graduate fellowship in the United States for those pursuing careers in public service. 

Sarah Del Carmen Camacho, a senior studying global studies and education in Arts & Sciences, has been selected to join the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Faculty from Arts & Sciences, the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine received seed grants and other funding from the Taylor Geospatial Institute totaling more than $950,000. The grants are designed to encourage collaborative research and provide resources to advance geospatial science through innovative projects.

Edward McPherson, an associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, has won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.

Lee Sobotka, a professor of chemistry and of physics in Arts & Sciences, will moderate an April 26 technical forum to explain the science behind recent reports of radioactive substances at Jana Elementary school in Hazelwood, Mo. Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice is hosting the event.

Borrowing a page from what we know about animal behavior, Natalie Mueller in Arts & Sciences says that we should reassess our understanding of the process of plant domestication.