Events

Join us for on-campus and community events brought to you by WashU.

From lectures to athletic events, art openings to family fun, WashU partners with regional stakeholders on key community events while hosting on-campus opportunities to engage with and explore all the university has to offer.

Thursday Nights at the Museum

Join WashU for Thursday Nights at the Missouri History Museum.

Learn more about Thursday Nights at the Museum

Upcoming events

Mar

26

McDonnell Distinguished Lectures: Public Lecture with Andrea Ghez on From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole

March 26, 2026, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Whitaker Hall, Room 100, Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Mar

27

2026 African Film Festival

From March 27, 2026 at 7:00 pm to March 29, 2026 at 9:30 pm

Brown Hall, Room 100, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Mar

31

Public Health in Challenging Times: Finding a Way Forward

March 31, 2026, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Clark Fox Forum in Hillman Hall, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

Apr

01

Community Hearing and Feedback Session, Forced Migration Initiative

April 1, 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Berges Family Conference Center, Delmar DivINe, 5535 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112

Apr

03

Race, Reason & Health Symposium

April 3, 2026, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

Clark Fox Forum in Hillman Hall, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

Apr

03

Collaborative Café: What I wish I knew about community-engaged research

April 3, 2026, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Delmar DivINe, 5501 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63112

Apr

03

Grand Opening: Everything Under the Sun

April 3, 2026, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

3302 Delmar Boulevard, 3302 Delmar Boulevard

Apr

08

St. Louis Public Health Annual Lectureship

April 8, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Saint Louis University’s DuBourg Hall, Sinquefield State Room, 221 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103

Apr

10

Unite with Us Days: Client Market and Closet Organization Volunteering

April 10, 2026, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Employment Connection, Brenda Mahr Building, 2838 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103

Apr

10

Opening Reception: 2026 MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture Thesis Exhibition

April 10, 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Intersect Arts Center, 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118

Apr

11

Greater St. Louis Marathon

April 11, 2026

Apr

11

36th Annual Buder Center Powwow

April 11, 2026, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

WashU Field House, 330 N. Big Bend, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Apr

16

25th Annual Friedman Lecture & Awards

April 16, 2026, 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Emerson Auditorium – Olin Business School, 1 Snow Way Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130

Apr

17

ThurtenE Carnival 2026

From April 17, 2026 at 4:00 pm to April 19, 2026 at 4:30 pm

Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Apr

21

St. Louis Reads Dante

April 21, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Olin Library, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

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