May 29, 2025 It is a privilege to address the class of 2025 on the occasion of your Commencement. You look magnificent! You also look fabulous, beautiful, handsome, and elegant. Not to mention short ...

April 1, 2025, at 7 pm ET Learn from the best of W&L’s undergraduate researchers by listening to the top presentations from W&L’s biennial Science, Society, and the Arts Undergraduate Conference.

In this episode, we talk with Beth Staples, editor of Shenandoah Literary Magazine and assistant professor of English. Staples discusses storytelling, the legacy of Shenandoah, the exciting changes ...

MESA minors who do not pursue the minor with language emphasis will complete a capstone paper as their last course. This will likely happen during junior or senior years. Through this project, you ...

"I think it’s really an important part of our human endeavor to think deeply about how meaning is made, how we can be the best interpreters of what’s going on in our culture, in our literature, our ...

To: W&L Students, Faculty, and Staff From: President Will Dudley Date: January 13, 2025 Happy New Year and welcome back to campus for the start of a new term. I hope you enjoyed a peaceful and ...

To: The W&L Community From: President Will Dudley Date: Dec. 16, 2024 At the end of each Fall Term, as the calendar year draws to a close, I pause to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful ...

In this episode, Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University and Director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, discusses this year’s theme for the Mudd Center, “How We ...

In this episode of W&L After Class, we sit down with Lisa Alty, the John T. Herwick, M.D. Professor of Chemistry at Washington and Lee. With a career spanning over three decades, Professor Alty shares ...

“I think that W&L students are used to excelling. And when they were in high school, they excelled. And they’re used to being the top of their class. And they’re used to not being afraid of being seen ...

Through a serendipitous happenstance, Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, has dedicated his career to practicing, teaching and ...

May 30, 2024 It is now my privilege to address the Class of 2024 on the occasion of your Commencement. I remember when I sat, as you do now, surrounded by classmates, wearing identical gowns, and ...