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 ...

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 ...

Protesters shut down an admitted students event as part of a pro-Palestine demonstration calling on Washington University officials to divest from Boeing. As a result, the Washington University Police ...

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 ...

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 ...

Below is an election guide, compiled by Student Life writers, to help WashU students understand Missouri candidates and ballot initiatives. If you are not registered in Missouri, or if you have more ...

Earth and Planetary Sciences Assistant Professor Joshua Smith resigned abruptly in August after allegations of two sexually inappropriate relationships came to the attention of the administration.

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 ...

50 years ago yesterday, Washington University students gathered in protest of the Vietnam War after learning of the shooting at Kent State University. The protest ended in flames. The ROTC building, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...