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August 2023

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Into the forest

For decades, Forest Park has enticed generations of WashU community members to step outside the university’s campuses and explore. Today, students and faculty are venturing deeper into the woods to learn about the biodiversity that teems there.

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AI + Design

WashU students and faculty are cutting through the hype and grappling with artificial intelligence.

From the Chancellor

A place of possibility

Academic freedom is the cornerstone of discovery, and our commitment to free inquiry has only been strengthened since our founding in 1853.

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A long night of the scholarly mind

Martin Riker directs the new publishing concentration in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences. Here, he talks about fear, imagination and delivering The Guest Lecture.

Faculty Books

The Last Sanctuary

The Poverty Paradox

Slow Birding

Alumni Books

Submersion

The Most Painful Choice

Your Hearts, Your Scars

Alumni Community

Class Notes

Maggie Sullivan

Maggie Sullivan, GR04, was named the ﬁrst president of the newly formed Rosati-Kain Academy, the successor to the 112-year-old, Archdiocesan-sponsored Rosati-Kain High School. She took over her post at the only remaining all-girls Catholic high school within the St. Louis city limits on May 1. Sullivan previously was assistant principal of mission at St. Joseph’s Academy.

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