Celebrating the Past, Ready for the Future

Class Acts is a series that recognizes our students who are changing the world through research, service and innovation.


In Great Company

In Great Company

Not many young scientists get a chance to hobnob with Nobel laureates. So Jordan McCall was elated last year to learn that he had been chosen to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting — an annual gathering of Nobel laureates and young students and researchers.
Thinking on Her Feet

Thinking on Her Feet

Samantha Gaitsch, a senior majoring in dance and in psychology, both in Arts & Sciences, performed with company-in-residence The Slaughter Project at Edison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis.
Throwback Thursday: Garry Kasparov, April 2, 2012

Throwback Thursday: Garry Kasparov, April 2, 2012

As a senior chess master, Mark Heimann, a senior in Arts & Sciences, has long admired Garry Kasparov, perhaps history’s greatest chess player. But that’s not what impressed him most about Kasparov’s visit to Washington University in 2012, his freshman year. “Kasparov was somewhat of a household name for me when I was growing up,” […]