The owner’s box
For lawyer and investment group co-founder Fitzann Reid, owning an Italian basketball team is ‘just the beginning.’ In the 11 years since graduating from Washington University, Fitzann Reid, JD ’12, has worked as an attorney, taught courses at WashU’s School of Law and co-founded Cotogna Sports Group (CSG), an investment group focused on purchasing and […]
An 80-year odyssey of repatriation and repair
Jewish books stolen by Nazis during World War II returned to Prague — by way of Washington University Libraries. In February 1972, more than 100 cartons of books made a cross-country journey from Los Angeles to St. Louis. Washington University paid $30,000 for the thousands of volumes that would comprise the bulk of the Shimeon Brisman Collection in […]
Ten WashU alumni awarded Fulbright awards
Ten recent alumni of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards in 2023 to travel abroad to conduct research or to teach English.
Cindy Brantmeier joins Advisory Board for multi-national language research study in England, Norway, and France
Prof. Cindy Brantmeier has been named to the advisory board for LANGUAGES, a multinational language acquisition research study.
Junior year in France: remembering the first study-abroad program in 1962
Lynne Breakstone, PhD, AB ’64, MA ’67, was among the first students to study abroad in 1962.
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.
“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.