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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.

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Upcoming events

Nov

WashU Arboretum: Fall Foliage Tour

November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026, 12:00 pm

Tisch Park, East End, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130

Nov

Saturday Science Lecture: When Tiny Crystals Make Big Surprises with Xi Wang

November 7, 2026, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Crow Hall, 1 Brookings Drive | St. Louis, MO 63130, Saint Louis, MO 63130

Nov

Día de los Muertos at the Missouri History Museum

November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026, 10:00 am

Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63112

Nov

Día de los Muertos at the Missouri History Museum

November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026, 10:00 am

Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63112

Nov

St. Louis Reads Dante

November 10, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Nov

Roots and Rhizomes: Relational Networks in the Art of Carolina Caycedo

November 11, 2026, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Nov

The Human Rights Lens: How Science and Law Can Improve Population Health

November 12, 2026, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

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

Nov

Brown School Legacy Lecture Series: Mary McKay on Advancing Child Health through Population, Practice, and Policy Research

November 12, 2026, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Nov

Sawyer Seminar Series: Nikole Hannah-Jones on Citizenship

November 12, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Graham Chapel

Nov

Rawstock: A SLIFF film screening

November 12, 2026, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hi-Pointe Theater, 1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117

Nov

WashU Arboretum: Fall Foliage Tour

November 6, 2026 and November 13, 2026, 12:00 pm

Tisch Park, East End, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130

Nov

‘Red Brick, Blue Tarp’ Film Screening & Discussion

November 13, 2026, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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

Nov

The Present and Future of Public Health Equity Mini-Conference

November 14, 2026, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

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

Nov

Sci-FEAST

November 14, 2026, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Saint Louis Science Center

Nov

Physics of Music: Family Fun Day

November 14, 2026, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Crow Hall, 1 Brookings Drive | St. Louis, MO 63130, Saint Louis, MO 63130

Nov

LeadINg STL: Professional Development Series for St. Louis Nonprofit and Community Leaders

September 29, 2026 to June 15, 2027, 2:00 pm

Nov

Public Scholars on Tap: “Can You Change Your Personality on Purpose?” with Dr. William Chopik

November 16, 2026, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Nov

After the Midterms: Health, Governance, and Policy Priorities in a Polarized Era

November 17, 2026, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

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

Nov

Innovators Hour: St. Louis Bioscience Startup Talks

November 19, 2026, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BioSTL Building, 4340 Duncan Ave, St. Louis, 2nd Floor

Nov

2026 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures Public Lecture: Meteorites – Time Capsules of the Solar System or How to Form a Habitable Earth

November 19, 2026, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dec

St. Louis Reads Dante

December 1, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Dec

Left Bank Books presents Sandro Galea – “Alien: Reflections on Being an Immigrant”

December 2, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri 63108

Dec

Sawyer Seminar Series: Dylan Rodríguez on Immigration

December 3, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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

Dec

The Synthetic Pharmakon: Reading Large Language Models and the Artificial Evolution of Memory through Plato’s Phaedrus

December 3, 2026, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Umrath Hall, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

Dec

Stories Buried, Stories Told: Entangled Histories of Asia and St. Louis

December 5, 2026, 8:30 am – 6:30 pm

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

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