After initially pursuing biology, junior Vinisha Tripathi switched to a public health and society major with a biology minor. In the process, she found a way to pair the science of biology with the storytelling and human focus of public health. 

This fall, nearly 30 new researchers and instructors join departments and programs across Arts & Sciences. 

Jez, the new vice dean of graduate studies, explains his plans to ready students for multiple career paths in industry, academia, and beyond.

From “Moby-Dick” to the Northwest Passage, Blum follows literary questions beyond the archive and into the environments that shaped them.

Guided by graduate student Tasman Ezra, a WashU undergraduate turns classroom skills into field research and gains a deeper understanding of what it means to be a scientist.

Arts & Sciences researchers are working across disciplines to prevent, treat, and ultimately defeat Alzheimer’s disease.

Natalie Mueller’s research explores how humans and domesticated plants have shaped one another for thousands of years.

Graduate student Shravan Menon identified a phenomenon that could catch an extreme case of general relativity in action.

As the Literacies for Life and Career program expands, faculty are adapting how those skills are taught in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences classrooms.