
During his campus visit on Halloween, as part of the university’s Frankenstein Bicentennial celebration, author Victor LaValle met with students and gave an Assembly Series talk on “Destroyer,” his comic book which marries the Frankenstein legend with the Black Lives Matter movement. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Political analyst and writer Peggy Noonan was the keynote speaker at this year’s Founders Day event, held Nov. 3 at St. Louis Union Station. The event also honored distinguished faculty, alumni and supporters. Read more about the honorees. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

Atima Lui gave the closing keynote at the HER Summit, held Nov. 3 at College Hall and hosted by the Skandalaris Center. Lui, a 2012 alumna, is founder and CEO of NUDEST, a company that uses machine-learning software to match a person’s skin tone as a service to beauty and fashion brands. Learn how she got her entrepreneurial start at WashU. (Photo: Michael Thomas/Washington University)
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