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The world’s deadliest disease

WashU scientists are collaborating to unlock secrets of a millennia-old scourge. Efforts may lead to an increased understanding of and improved treatments for tuberculosis, which is once again on the rise.

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August 2025

Featured stories

Features

The heaviness of water

As the western U.S. faces decreasing water supplies, WashU alumni are helping negotiate how this precious resource will be managed and shared in years to come.

Features

Documenting humanity

For nearly 60 years, Chicago-based Kartemquin Films has been reeling viewers in with authentic stories of hopes and dreams, pain and struggle. After four years of intensive work, WashU’s Film & Media Archive is making the company’s extensive archive of materials, dating from 1966 to 2008, accessible to scholars and the public.

From the Chancellor

With you, we can make a world of difference

WashU kicks off With You: The WashU Campaign to secure resources needed to continue generating lasting change through vital research, patient care and educational access.

Videos

Researcher for a day

WashU engineer Marcus Foston regularly hosts middle school students to learn about cutting-edge science. It’s part of WashU’s immersive “Researcher for a Day” program.

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Also in this issue

Alumni Profiles

Hope for those with treatment-resistant depression

Leading without limits

Alumni Profiles

Lighting a fire

First Person

Designing a better tomorrow

Alumni Profiles

Creating joy at Pixar

Online Exclusives

A place to MELT

On the bookshelf

Browse the bookshelf

Featured Books

Big small towns

In Rebuilding the American Town, the Sam Fox School’s Patty Heyda helps redefine our understanding of the smaller cities that make up the urban landscape.

Faculty Books

Play Harder

Reimagining the American Union

Word Made Fresh

Alumni Books

Still Needs Work

Against the Liberal Order

Calling it off

Alumni Community

Class Notes

Robert Tanenbaum

Robert Tanenbaum, BFA ’59, is the subject of the hardcover book The Movie Poster Art of Robert Tanenbaum (A to Z Media, November 2023), written by Dennis L. Prince. Tanenbaum has worked on more than 200 movie posters, helping promote classics like A Christmas Story, Superfly, Battlestar Galactica, Cujo and The Color of Money, to name a handful. The book also features rare alternate compositions and the original poster for Jaws.

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