The Evergreens, a Washington University Treble A Capella group, performed at the memorial service celebrating Archer Alexander Day of Freedom

A $1.3 million grant from the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council will enable an international team of researchers to conduct the first study of Holocaust literature at scale.

Five students share their East Asia experiences.

The College of Arts & Sciences and First-Year Programs is looking for proposals for new Ampersand programs.

In a new book, Miguel Valerio uncovers the history of Afro-Mexican festival performances in colonial Mexico.

Political scientists Christopher Lucas, Jacob Montgomery, and Margit Tavits recently won funding from the National Science Foundation to study the rise of populist rhetoric on social media and its effects on democracies.

The new department will provide a foundation for ambitious and innovative digital transformation across a range of disciplinary areas.

Twelve Arts & Sciences alumni of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to conduct research or to teach English.

Dr. Michelle Purdy recently joined Dr. Jason Johnson for a conversation, “Back to Black Colleges?,” on Dr. Johnson's podcast, “A Word…with Jason Johnson.” Jason Johnson is a political contributor at MSNBC, host at Sirius XM, politics writer at theGrio.com, professor of politics and journalism at Morgan State University, and author of the book Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell.

Juneteenth is believed to be the oldest continually celebrated commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. The Juneteenth celebration originates in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865  the Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived and publicly read Order No. 3, declaring that enslaved African Americans were now free. On June 17th, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. There are many Juneteenth celebrations and commemorative events in St. Louis every year in the month of June. This story shares more about the remembrance of Juneteenth, including Juneteenth events at WashU and around greater St. Louis.

Washington University Professors Danielle Dutton & Martin Riker run the feminist independent press, Dorothy, A Publishing Project.

Ariela Schachter and Margot Moinester, both assistant professors of sociology, recently won a $174,500 grant from the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) for a national study on fear of deportation. Schachter and Moinester’s project tackles the question, “can fear of deportation and its consequences be reduced?” with the aim of understanding how the immigration enforcement system contributes to inequality in the United States.