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On Oct. 22, All Student Theatre (AST) debuted its original production, “Whispers in the Walls,” an interactive murder mystery. This immersive theatre experience allowed audience members to interact ...

The third University Athletic Association (UAA) Round Robin on Sunday, Oct. 26, marked two momentous milestones for WashU women’s volleyball — both on the individual level and as a team. With an ...

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics hosted a discussion between New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat and Philip Zuckerman, atheist author and professor of sociology and ...

WashU ranked 72nd out of 257 colleges in the 2026 Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) College Free Speech Rankings survey, with an overall “D- speech climate grade.” This represents ...

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 ...

While Chancellor Martin may continue to be in talks with the Trump administration about the compact, we implore him and other members of the University’s administration to stand by the values and ...

“Viva la revolución,” screams Leonardo DiCaprio as flares fire and burst overhead in the riveting opening sequence of “One Battle After Another.” Writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson’s fantastic ...

On Sept. 15, 2025, America First Legal (AFL) filed a complaint against WashU’s School of Medicine for its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practices, asking the Department of Justice to open an ...

WashU has eliminated 316 staff positions and “closed 198 open and vacant positions” from the Danforth and Medical campuses and the Central Fiscal Unit (CFU), Chancellor Andrew Martin announced in a ...

Rudolph Clay and Clara McLeod, two longtime WashU subject librarians, were let go over the summer as part of WashU Libraries’ budget restructuring. Clay’s research specialties were African & African ...