Senior Tori Harwell selected as a Rhodes Scholar

Senior Tori Harwell plans to study nature, society and environmental governance as well as African studies at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Five faculty members honored for teaching excellence

Amanda Carey, Mijeong Mimi Kim, Frank Lovett, Eleanor Pardini, and Jen Smith are among the St. Louis-area educators who received the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award.

New Center for the Environment begins work

The Center for the Environment has launched, another step forward in the “Here and Next” strategic plan. The center will further advance the environmental research that has long been done at WashU

4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters

Radar can help fight wildfires, identify flash-flood risks

Michaelides wins seed grant to study interplay of permafrost, vegetation, and wildfire

Roger Michaelides uses satellites to study permafrost.

Something in the water

Researchers in Arts & Sciences examine environmental injustice along waterways, shifting the current toward a more equitable future.