WashU Overseas Programs has implemented priority applications for the fall and spring 2027 spring study abroad application cycle due to capacity constraints of popular study abroad destinations, including Prague, The Czech Republic; Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Stockholm, Sweden. 

A life sized TV, a disco ball, the blowing of a whistle — these are not what one would usually expect to see at a dance performance, yet the WashU Dance Collective (WUDC) incorporated each of these elements artistically into their performance. 

The Performing Arts Department and the Department of Anthropology’s Experiential Ethnography Studio (ESS) moderated a panel conversation about the role of performance in personal empowerment and political change, especially in the Black community, April 9.

Stuart Banner, Norman Abrams Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA, presented his research on the history of the politicization of the Supreme Court, March 25. 

Banner’s lecture and argument centered around the fact that, despite popular opinion, today’s Supreme Court is not especially partisan compared to previous iterations of the Court. The event was part of the David T. Konig Lecture Series hosted by WashU’s Department of History. 

St. Louis is a city of dance and has been ever since the founding of the Missouri Rockettes in 1925. Although the Rockettes later moved to New York City to become the Radio Rockettes, today, St. Louis is still brimming with dance culture from ballet to contemporary.

Aaron Hedlund, the Chief Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) at the White House defended the actions that the Trump administration has taken with the economy, including tariffs, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and deregulation efforts, Feb. 20.

An increasing number of courses in WashU’s School of Arts & Sciences are heavily restricting or banning the use of digital devices in the classroom, according to Vice Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Erin McGlothlin and Associate Professor of Dance Joanna Dee Das. 

The University administration has yet to provide a plan to relocate the 15 practice rooms in Tietjens Hall in the wake of current construction plans to turn the music building on the Danforth Campus into new residential halls for underclassmen. 

WashU’s first Public Exchange project — which tests St. Louis’ soil for increased lead levels after the May 16, 2025, tornado — hopes to have its first data sets ready in mid-February 2026.

Music PhD candidate Lisa Mumme presented her thesis as a part of the Film and Media Studies (FMS) Department’s Colloquium Lecture Series, arguing that the power of the witch in film is conveyed through the witch’s voice, which is articulated through songs, chants, and spells on Oct. 16.