The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is committed to fostering excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and service. Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university dedicated to challenging faculty and students to learn and create new knowledge and greater understanding for an ever-changing world.
“Discere si cupias intra: salvere iubemus”
"If you wish to learn, enter: we welcome you."
The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is responsible for overall administration of the Graduate School and for all of its policies and procedures. The office is here to serve faculty, staff and students who would like information about the Graduate School or who wish to discuss policy or issues. There are two office locations for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
On March 31, 2012, four scholars from Washington University in St. Louis were inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The honorees, doctoral candidates all, are: Ms. Mary Jane Acuna, Anthropology; Ms. Ericka Merriwether, Movement Sciences and Biomechanics; Mr. Alejandro Reyes, Computational and Systems Biology; and Ms. Helina Woldekiros, Anthropology.
