Take a sustainability tour of the new Childress Hall building at Washington and Lee University.

Amidst all these changes, the system of caste discrimination has taken a central stage, which makes it a very timely topic. We will stay at the Tewa Centre in Kirtipur, just across the river from the ...

Has more than one application. Let our time together this evening be a moment of philosophical quiet. Tomorrow the wave of the fall semester will come crashing down. Undergraduate classes begin, ...

As our new students, faculty and staff begin to forge new friendships and become accustomed to new academic routines, I hope those of you returning are feeling refreshed after the summer and looking ...

Save the Date: 150th Anniversary Lecture and Reception on Thursday October 15, 2026, from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Image (left): Portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall, detail, 1829–1830. Chester Harding. Art ...

George Saunders is one of America’s most unique and influential writers, or in the parlance of now, a “writer’s writer.” His highly anticipated second novel, “Vigil,” published in January 2026, ...

Artist Josh T Franco first entered art history through an AP course in high school, eventually earning a doctorate in the discipline. His ongoing participation in the field includes making works for ...

Image (left): Le Garden Manual – Staffage Figures (detail), 2025, Zhang Xiaoli (b. 1989, China), Ink and color on silky paper. Courtesy of the artist. Block Party! is the culmination of Zhang’s 2025 ...

Kenneth P. (Ken) Ruscio became the interim president of Washington and Lee University on July 1, 2026. He had previously served as president of Washington and Lee from 2006-2016. During his previous ...

The Entrepreneurship and Design minor is where W&L students learn to make things people actually use — products, ventures, tools, campaigns — and to reason honestly about whether they should exist at ...

Updated July 16, 2026 Spring 2026 Class Rank Updated July 16, 2026 Washington and Lee University University Registrar ...

Luminous Layers: Glazed Surfaces and the Art of Reflection pairs historic Chinese ceramics with Cloud-Dragon Collage 4 (2023), a recent museum acquisition by contemporary artist Kelly Wang. From the ...