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 ...

The Music Buildings – Blewett Hall, Gaylord Music Library, and the Music Classroom Building/Tietjens Hall – along with Alumni House, will be demolished this summer to make way for a new residence hall ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm argued that AI would be a force for economic good and drew parallels to the Industrial Revolution in a lecture at WashU last Thursday. The event was sponsored by the ...

When you enter a college classroom, you don’t typically expect to sit next to a student with a ring on their finger. But being married in college isn’t as uncommon as many assume. WashU is proof of ...

WashU Chancellor Andrew D. Martin spoke with Student Life on Wednesday, April 1 about WashU’s engagement with the Trump administration and Congress, University finances, the addition of a new pharmacy ...

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 ...

It’s a Sunday morning — though “morning” may be a generous way to refer to 11 a.m. — and you’ve just gotten up with a desire to spend $20+ to satiate your post-slumber hunger. In situations like this, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two students posed inconspicuously to take a selfie in the midst of a crowded room, hoping to capture photographic evidence of being in the presence of Laurent Bili, the French ambassador to the ...