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Nine Sam Fox School faculty awarded funding to further research and creative practice

The projects spanning AI-based wearable technology, art exhibitions, building materials, architectural history, autonomous mobility, and more will take place during the 2026-27 academic year.

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Wassenaar designs installation at Becker Medical Library

The installation on the WashU Medical Campus features selections taken from the Hippocratic Oath.

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Nadler to chair undergraduate studio art

He succeeds Meghan Kirkwood, who has been appointed director of the College & Graduate School of Art.

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Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

An urban and architectural designer, Professor Patty Heyda’s research explores the relationship between maps, the built environment, and social inequalities.

An interior view of Weil Hall showing a person walking through studios behind a glass wall.

A curving staircase with glass sides and the hippocratic oath installed in blue vinyl

Map showing land mass of North America with surrounding water.

The projects spanning AI-based wearable technology, art exhibitions, building materials, architectural history, autonomous mobility, and more will take place during the 2026-27 academic year.

The installation on the WashU Medical Campus features selections taken from the Hippocratic Oath.

He succeeds Meghan Kirkwood, who has been appointed director of the College & Graduate School of Art.

An urban and architectural designer, Professor Patty Heyda’s research explores the relationship between maps, the built environment, and social inequalities.

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Jun 5, 2026 • MFA-VA Faculty Research

Wassenaar designs installation at Becker Medical Library

Jun 5, 2026 • Faculty

Nadler to chair undergraduate studio art

Jun 5, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Nine Sam Fox School faculty awarded funding to further research and creative practice

Jun 4, 2026 • Faculty

Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

Jun 4, 2026 • Faculty

McCarter presents on Frank Lloyd Wright at Università Iuav di Venezia

Color photo of Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles with city skyline in the background.

Jun 1, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Samuels named 2026 Researcher-in-Residence by SOM Foundation, MAK Center for Art and Architecture

portrait of Sabine Eckmann wearing a black shirt and colorful scarf

May 20, 2026 • Kemper Art Museum

Eckmann to retire as Kemper Art Museum director in 2027

students walking together smiling wearing regalia and holding an Architecture and Art banners at 2026 commencement

May 15, 2026 • Students

Sam Fox School celebrates graduating class of 2026

May 15, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Graduate student speaker Sejal Popat’s address to the Class of 2026

May 13, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Commencement speakers Popat, Shaver reflect on their time at WashU

May 8, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Catherine Chen wins 2026 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture

May 6, 2026 • Faculty

Matthew Allen awarded grant to host conference at Canadian Centre for Architecture

May 6, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Faculty-founded firm AVV A recognized in Architizer A+ Awards

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May 5, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Murphy granted Provost Impact Award

May 5, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Sam Fox School faculty, student win Newman Exploration Travel Fund Awards

May 5, 2026 • Alumni

Alumna Anna Malinak to debut Bookworms at International Contemporary Furniture Fair

May 5, 2026 • Alumni

Caitlin Seim, MArch ’15, named to Interior Design’s 30/30

May 4, 2026 • Honors & Awards

Witt installed as Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor

portrait of Amanda Kesler in a red button down shirt and jeans standing in Forest Park

May 1, 2026 • Students

Class Acts: Amanda Kesler

Apr 29, 2026 • Faculty

Sam Fox School faculty selected for WashU AI Curriculum Corps

Black and white portrait of Charlie White by Marcus Rahauser

Apr 27, 2026 • University Announcement

Charlie White appointed dean of Sam Fox School

Apr 24, 2026 • Alumni

Four WashU alumni to exhibit at 2026 Venice Biennale

Apr 16, 2026 • Students

Class of 2026 Recognition Ceremony speakers announced

image of a bear in black and white with oranges, pinks, yellows, blues laid over the top

Apr 16, 2026 • Faculty

Colangelo to show two decades of work at Bruno David Gallery

Red-orange book cover with the words Reading Pictures: A History of Illustration and an illustration of an open book with an eye above it.

Apr 15, 2026 • MFA-IVC Faculty Research

D.B. Dowd publishes “Reading Pictures”