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Sam Fox School Welcomes Four Visiting Faculty for Spring 2024

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is pleased to welcome Cory Henry, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, and Karel Klein as visiting faculty in architecture for the spring 2024 semester.

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Founders Day recognizes faculty, alumni, friends

The Washington University in St. Louis community came together Nov. 4 at its annual Founders Day celebration

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Sam Fox School to Host 2024 Design Futures Forum

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will host the twelfth annual Design Futures Student Leadership Forum on campus in May 2024.

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Rising Above The Wataru "Wat" Misaka Story

This dynamic picture book biography introduces readers of all ages to Wataru Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is pleased to welcome Cory Henry, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, and Karel Klein as visiting faculty in architecture for the spring 2024 semester.

The Washington University in St. Louis community came together Nov. 4 at its annual Founders Day celebration

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will host the twelfth annual Design Futures Student Leadership Forum on campus in May 2024.

This dynamic picture book biography introduces readers of all ages to Wataru Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA.

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Sep 28, 2023 • Events

Alum David Samuel Stern’s Work on View in Weil Hall

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Sep 21, 2023 • Events

Informal Cities Workshop to Take Place October 26-28

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Sep 1, 2023 • Events

Fall 2023 Fox Fridays Workshops

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Sep 1, 2023 • Events

Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series begins Sept. 22

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Aug 7, 2023 • Events

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Apr 14, 2023 • Events

MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture Exhibition Opens April 29

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Mar 24, 2023 • Events

AI + Design mini-symposium April 3

The Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Mar 23, 2023 • Events

Architect Francis Kéré to speak April 1

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Mar 20, 2023 • Events

WashU’s 94th Annual Fashion Design Show Set for April 22

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Mar 20, 2023 • Events

The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition to open April 8

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Mar 3, 2023 • Events

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Announces 2023 Awards for Distinction

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Jan 13, 2023 • Events

Sam Fox School spring Public Lecture Series begins Jan. 19

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Oct 10, 2022 • Events

‘Speaking of Fashion: A Conversation with Diane von Furstenberg’

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Aug 26, 2022 • Events

Fall 2022 Public Lecture Series Announced

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Jun 28, 2022 • Events

Project Runway

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May 12, 2022 • Events

Fashion Design Show Debuts Adapative Formalwear

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Mar 16, 2022 • Events

2022 Fitzgibbon Charrette

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Mar 15, 2022 • Events

Nicole Miller: A Sound, a Signal, the Circus

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Feb 28, 2022 • Events

2022 Day of Dialogue and Action Features WashU Leaders, Sessions

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Feb 18, 2022 • Events

2022 Laskey Charrette

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Jan 26, 2022 • Events

Spring 2022 Public Lecture Series

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Jan 24, 2022 • Events

Spring 2022 Fox Fridays Workshops

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Jan 7, 2022 • Events

Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse

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Dec 8, 2021 • Events

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