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06/02/2026

Members of the Class of 2026 from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, part of the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, gathered with their family and friends for the college’s 158 Commencement at the UHSP Recreation and Student Center Saturday, May 9, 2026. Graduates were awarded Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degrees, and members of STLCOP’s Class of 1976 gathered for the Gold Alumni Commencement Celebration.

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The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis hosted the 2026 St. Louis College of Pharmacy Commencement conferring Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degrees at the Recreation and Student Center on the campus in St. Louis Saturday, May 9, 2026. Amy Bricker, Executive Vice President, Enterp...

05/31/2026

Graduating students from Aquinas Institute of Theology gathered earlier this month for the school’s 2026 Baccalaureate Mass at St. Pius V Catholic Church in St. Louis. During academic year 2025-26 the Dominican graduate school celebrated 100 years since its founding.

05/27/2026

Late last month I helped Concordia Seminary St. Louis with photography of Call Day, including the 2026 Service of Evening Prayer with the Assignment of Calls, where students in the final year of seminary receive their first assignments with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

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05/03/2026

Photographed Penny Pennington, new chair of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and Managing Partner of Edward Jones, during the University's 2023 December Recognition Ceremony, where she was the featured speaker. Pennington, with degrees from the University of Virginia and Northwestern University, is the first woman to lead WashU's board.

03/20/2026

Last month participants in the Rally to Bridge Faith & Justice marched to the center of the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge in St. Louis protesting US immigration policy and enforcement efforts by the US Department of Homeland Security. An interfaith group of clergy and laity joined to protest and offer moral objections to current US immigration policy, activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for immigration policy reform. Photographed for the St. Louis Review.

Participants in the Rally to Bridge Faith & Justice march to the center of the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge in St. Louis Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. An interfaith group of clergy and laity joined to protest and offer moral objections to current US immigration policy, activity by Immigration and Customs....

03/16/2026

Students from Washington University in St. Louis McKelvey School of Engineering gathered late last semester to work on custom-made, small-scale robots capable of cooperative behavior for the WashU Robotics club’s Swarm program. The universal module connector developed by Swarm allows each robot to attach additional modules or other robots, particularly useful in situations where robots must adapt autonomously. Photographed for the WashU newsletter The Source.

Student members of the WashU Robotics club’s Swarm program gather in the basement of McKelvey Hall to work on custom-made, small-scale robots capable of cooperative behavior. The universal module connector developed by Swarm allows each robot to attach additional modules or other robots, particula...

02/23/2026

Alumni and students from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis gathered earlier this month for the 2026 Concordia "Seminary Old School Showdown," featuring basketball games between current students and seminary alumni, to raise funds for the “90 Days for 80 Kids” program at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Child Care and School.

Alumni and students from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis gathered Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at Peterson Field House for the 2026 Concordia Seminary Old School Showdown, featuring basketball games between current students and seminary alumni, to raise funds for the “90 Days for 80 Kids” program at Beth...

02/18/2026

Earlier this month WashU’s John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics hosted “Courage and Faith: Nostra Aetate at 60 and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,” a conversation wtih the Most. Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis, and Rabbi Noam Marans, of the American Jewish Committee, moderated by St. Louis University’s Fr. David J. Suwalsky, SJ. Nostra Aetate, a declaration of the Second Vartican Council, establishes the Catholic Church’s relationship with non-Christian religions. It repudiates anti-Semitism, rejects the charge of deicide against the Jews, and affirms the Church’s shared spiritual heritage with Judaism and respect for Islam and other religions. The event was organized by the Danforth Center, ADL Heartland, AJC St. Louis, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Newmark Institute of JCRC and St. Louis University.
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WashU’s John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics hosted “Courage and Faith: Nostra Aetate at 60 and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,” a conversation wtih the Most. Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Archbishop of St. Louis, and Rabbi Noam Marans, of the American Jewish Committee, moder...

02/04/2026

Aquinas Institute of Theology hosted Dr. Bruce D. Marshall, PhD, the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology for the 42and annual Aquinas Lectures at the Institute in St. Louis Thursday, Jan. 29, 2025. Fr. Mark E. Wedig, OP, president of Aquinas Institute, introduced Dr. Marshall.

Dr. Bruce D. Marshall, PhD, the Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology delivered the 42and annual Aquinas Lectures at the Aquinas Institute of Theology Thursday, Jan. 29, 2025 in St. Louis. Fr. Mark E. Wedig, OP, president of Aquinas In...

01/27/2026

Members of the WashU community gathered for the university’s 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemoration at Graham Chapel Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. Speakers included WashU Chancellor Andrew Martin, Dr. Harvey Fields, Jr., of Harris-Stowe State College and WashU senior Da’Jauntay Wynter, who delivered the keynote address. The Rosa L. Parks Award was presented to Kayla Reed ’20 and other members of Action St. Louis, a grassroots organization the seeks to build community power to build a more livable society.

Members of the WashU community gathered for a service project and then a ceremony at Graham Chapel for the university’s 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemoration. Speakers included WashU Chancellor Andrew Martin, Dr. Harvey Fields, Jr., of Harris-Stowe State College and WashU senior D...