Collin Maher, who completed his first year in the College of Arts & Sciences, died by suicide on Friday, May 15, 2026. He was 19 years old. Collin was a star cross-country athlete from Atlanta, ...

On May 21, 2026, a man involved in the fatal shooting of WashU Master of Fine Arts (MFA) student Amarnath Ghosh was sentenced to 15 years in prison. 48-year-old Glen L. Bailey was initially charged ...

The remains in the Terry Collection are not just artifacts of scientific history; they are evidence of lives lived in inequality and systems that treated those lives as expendable. To honor them ...

University budget cuts could risk eliminating Engineers in the Community, an undergraduate engineering class with the mission to connect engineering education to the lived realities of St. Louis ...

Sophomore forward Connor May, the leading scorer on the WashU men’s basketball team in the 2025-26 season, is transferring to Division I Yale University. May confirmed his transfer in a post on his ...

Many members of WashU’s faculty remain not fully aligned over technology use and collaboration and the development of artificial intelligence (AI). After the launch of the provost office’s +AI ...

For decades, the lab rotation has been a chance for incoming PhD students to shop around, test mentors, and find their fit before committing to four or more years of research. That option disappeared ...

I just saw “Hoppers,” the new Pixar film that isn’t a sequel, and I had a lovely time. The film was sweet and funny, and I do really appreciate the fact that something original is finally coming out ...

WashU’s Emergency Support Team (EST) is now able to receive funding for its operations in the 2027 fiscal year as an Executive Entity of Student Union (SU) after a unanimous and nearly unanimous vote ...

WashU Chancellor Andrew D. Martin defended the decision to meet with the Trump administration in the fall, discussed the impact of AI on higher education, and talked about emergency preparedness in a ...

I wanted desperately to like “Project Hail Mary.” I really did — it had such potential. I should back up, though. “Project Hail Mary” follows witty grade-school science teacher Ryland Grace (played by ...

This week, WashU is running +AI Perspectives Week, a series of events and workshops focusing on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) at WashU as part of their +AI initiative. The initiative aims ...