Professor Guoyan Zhao, an associate professor in the Departments of Genetics and Neurology at the WashU School of Medicine, died on May 15, 2026. She was 54 years old. Zhao earned her bachelor’s ...

Undergraduate tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year is set to increase by 4.5%, going from $68,240 to $71,310 before financial aid is applied. Housing costs, meal plans, student activity fees, and ...

WashU Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced that the University will not sign the Trump administration’s proposed higher education compact. In an email sent to faculty midday Wednesday, Martin wrote ...

In the fall of 2016, Drew McPike was a first-semester freshman at Washington University. Waiting in line for Bear’s Den pasta one night, he struck up a conversation with an acquaintance from class.

The St. Louis MetroLink is this city’s most underappreciated amenity. St. Louis is unique in having a Metro system that is so expansive — in the Midwest, only Chicago and Minneapolis have higher ...

The total cost of the project and implementation of WashU’s Workday and Student Sunrise projects totaled over $265 million, spent over at least seven years, according to David Gray, executive vice ...

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 ...

The Spectrum Awards ceremony, formally known as the James M. Holobaugh Honors, recognized eight student and alumni advocates for the LBGTQ+ community, March 20. The Spectrum Office was announced in ...

Editor’s note: This article contains discussion of sexual violence. Resources and helplines can be found at the bottom of the piece. Amidst allegations of inappropriate, non-consensual touching from ...

Washington University and the Danforth family name go together like peanut butter and jelly. You’ve probably seen the Danforth medallion outside Brookings Hall that welcomes visitors to campus; you ...

After a 2013 New York Times article identified WashU as having one of the least socioeconomically diverse student bodies among elite colleges, the University has launched several initiatives aimed at ...

In the spring of 2024, then-first-year Yash Kshirsagar received an email that would change his life. The midfielder had not heard back from former WashU men’s soccer head coach Joe Clarke for months.