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The world’s deadliest disease

WashU scientists are collaborating to unlock secrets of a millennia-old scourge. Efforts may lead to an increased understanding of and improved treatments for tuberculosis, which is once again on the rise.

In the latest issue

August 2025

Featured stories

Features

The heaviness of water

As the western U.S. faces decreasing water supplies, WashU alumni are helping negotiate how this precious resource will be managed and shared in years to come.

Features

Documenting humanity

In 1998, a group of American and Vietnamese veterans joined forces to travel 1,200 miles along the coast of Vietnam from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City by bicycle. Some cyclists were able-bodied; disabled riders used special hand-powered bikes, while blind riders joined on the back of tandems. The 16-day trek, sponsored by World T.E.A.M. Sports, […]

From the Chancellor

With you, we can make a world of difference

WashU kicks off With You: The WashU Campaign to secure resources needed to continue generating lasting change through vital research, patient care and educational access.

Videos

Researcher for a day

WashU engineer Marcus Foston regularly hosts middle school students to learn about cutting-edge science. It’s part of WashU’s immersive “Researcher for a Day” program.

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My Washington

Exceptional advocate

Point of View

The search for deeper wisdom and better understanding

On Topic

Hope for those with treatment-resistant depression

On the bookshelf

Browse the bookshelf

Featured Books

Big small towns

In Rebuilding the American Town, the Sam Fox School’s Patty Heyda helps redefine our understanding of the smaller cities that make up the urban landscape.

Faculty Books

Play Harder

Reimagining the American Union

Word Made Fresh

Alumni Books

Still Needs Work

Against the Liberal Order

Calling it off

Alumni Community

Class Notes

Robert Tanenbaum

Robert Tanenbaum, BFA ’59, is the subject of the hardcover book The Movie Poster Art of Robert Tanenbaum (A to Z Media, November 2023), written by Dennis L. Prince. Tanenbaum has worked on more than 200 movie posters, helping promote classics like A Christmas Story, Superfly, Battlestar Galactica, Cujo and The Color of Money, to name a handful. The book also features rare alternate compositions and the original poster for Jaws.

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