Luce Scholar Jeremy Pivor, also a Rhodes and Marshall scholar finalist, sets course for his life’s work: becoming an international ocean policy expert.

At Washington University, broad efforts from a range of faculty are helping people understand — and act on — good science.

The lure of hidden treasure has launched countless ­expeditions — maddening searches for lost cities, sunken ships and buried fortunes.

Alumnus Qiu Xiaolong is author of a series of internationally acclaimed mystery novels featuring Chief Inspector Chen, a poet-detective who works to expose the historic brutality and ongoing corruption of the Chinese Communist Party.

Poet Mary Jo Bang finds a little Pink Floyd in Dante’s Inferno.

A 2,500-mile mission: Business graduate student Mike McLaughlin raises money and hope for vulnerable kids.

Student-founded businesses Dormify and Green Bean fill niches, free time.

Computer scientist Caitlin Kelleher’s not-so-secret agenda is to instill basic programming skills in the next generation of kids.

The Clintons head to campus April 5 to put global student service in the spotlight.

The telltale vessel: Hand-carved pot reveals final resting place of the great Maya queen Lady K’abel.