Brett Wick, chair of the Department of Mathematics, discusses the current state and future of mathematics careers and his department.

Scott VanBommel led a close-up examination of the dust future astronauts will encounter on Mars.

Holehouse, a new hire through the Rules of Life Initiative, discusses research interests that span physics, biology, and sports.

Johnson and Mark Jellinek will join the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences as professors.

Staps, a biologist who recently joined Arts & Sciences through the Rules of Life initiative, uses mathematical theory to look into the origins of multicellular life deep into our past.

Senior Calvin Crossland found a balance between passion and practicality by pursuing majors in economics and history, two disciplines that help him understand how the world works and how it came to be.

For transfer student Kate Dieffenbacher, a fresh start at WashU and a willingness to dive into campus life helped her discover a path to a dual major in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences and marketing in Olin Business School.

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.