Fifteen alumni earn Fulbright awards
Fifteen alumni of Washington University earned Fulbright awards in 2022 to travel abroad to conduct research or to teach English.
Russ Shaw: champion of the London tech sector
For Russ Shaw, BSBA ’85, the founder of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates, achieving the honorary title Commander of the British Empire (CBE) was a shock.
“Lest We Forget”
Since 2014, the Italian-German photographer Luigi Toscano has created portraits of more than 500 Holocaust survivors. In 2022, Toscano traveled to St. Louis to photograph 12 survivors living here.
Field notes on Portuguese Azores
Volcanic craters, fumaroles, and hot springs mark the landscape of São Miguel Island, in the remote Portuguese Azores, where WashU undergraduates studied field geology techniques over spring break.
Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection
Built in cooperation with Olin Library, it is the largest collection of contemporary German literature since 1985 at an American university library.
Italian Enlightenment illuminated
Rebecca Messbarger specializes in the Italian Enlightenment, in particular the intersections of anatomy and art, medicine and religion, and the shifting roles of women in civic and academic life during the age.
Jane Eyre in German lands
In a new book, Lynne Tatlock maps the novel’s journey across translations and into a new brand of romance fiction.
“If you want safe communities, you need strong girls”
In 2001, Heather Cameron was teaching in Berlin when she had a novel idea that has transformed lives and communities around the world: start a female boxing club.
Rethinking Holocaust literature: contexts, canons, circulations
A new multi-year collaboration between researchers at the University of Leeds and Washington University seeks to reconsider the history of and emerging developments in Holocaust literature at an acute moment in history.
Making Motherhood Work
Of all Western industrialized countries, the United States ranks last for supportive work-family policies. Can American women look to European policies for solutions?