As I am “waiting for the host to start this meeting,” I am preparing for an interview.

Sitting down in his office lined with thousands of books and a new Keurig, Professor Ignacio Sánchez Prado, who teaches Mexican cinema, literature and culture at Washington University, divulged his life’s story, his work over the years which culminated in his appointment to the Kluge Chair at the Library of Congress.

Pete Souza’s voice trembled as he looked at one of the last pictures he ever took of Barack Obama.

After Bronwen Konecky, award-winning organic and stable isotope geochemist, finished her first year of organic chemistry in college, she threw out her notes and sold her textbook.

When we think of the world of business, what comes to mind? Innovation, networking, maybe competition; but what about hospitality?

Although Marion Crain began to serve as interim provost after Holden Thorp concluded his term on July 15, many students have yet to be introduced to her. Some still wonder: What exactly is a provost?

Hedwig (Hedy) Lee, a professor in Washington University’s Sociology department, as a social demographer, is “very interested in trying to understand what features on our society drive the health differences that we see.” Student Life sat down with her recently to talk about her teaching experience and what it’s like to balance that with having a young child.

I met Henry Schvey because of our shared passion for Tennessee Williams, an American playwright born in 1911. I enrolled in Henry’s American Culture Studies course on Williams’ work, although he was understandably wary of allowing a freshman into his 400-level reading-intensive course, but eventually allowed me to enroll.

Andrew Martin’s academic career has always led him back to Washington University.

When Sydney Robinson talks about SU, she’s regal, serious. When she talks about schoolwork, she’s optimistic, idealistic. The first sophomore to assume the presidency since 2003, she recognizes the responsibility of the position she’s taking on.