A Transformative Decade:
Convergence, Creativity, Community
Imagine ...
An expanded faculty, diverse and inclusive, with even more robust research opportunities that push the boundaries of the possible.
Multiple departments and programs ranked in the top ten within the next ten years.
Educational practices that engage far more environments of learning, connecting students with experiences throughout the city and world that build on a powerful foundation of disciplinary and transdisciplinary studies.
Innovative liberal arts programs that address questions of life design and emphasize multiple literacies, asking students what it means to live a good life as engaged citizens throughout the world.
Graduate students drawn here from across the globe because of the innovative research, scholarship, and high-impact creative practices we are developing.
This is our moment. We are ready.
In Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, we have a strong foundation on which to build and extraordinary resources to engage. And over the next ten years, we will leverage those resources to build a top institution devoted to bringing people together from across the world to discover new knowledge, explore the universe, and serve the public good.
Look back on a year of innovation, community building, and groundbreaking research with the Strategic Plan Year 1 Progress Report. The report includes notable achievements from the signature initiatives and faculty whose work has helped to launch the decade of Arts & Sciences.
Timothy Morton: "This Is Hell, It's Not the End of the World"
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
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06May
Timothy Morton: "This Is Hell, It's Not the End of the World"
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Santiago Sierra: 52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air, Timothy Morton, Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University and director of the Cool America Foundation, will give a talk to celebrate the publication of their new book Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology (Columbia University Press, 2024), which explores the relationship between religion and ecology in response to the climate crisis. Morton is the author of several books that bring together politics, art, and ecological studies to better understand how we coexist with one another and with non-humans.
Co-sponsored by the Program in Public Scholarship
The signature initiatives below build on existing strengths to create exciting and transformative new ventures for Arts & Sciences at Washington University.