Holden Thorp

Holden Thorp, who is now the editor-in-chief of Science, said he has found it necessary to speak out in recent months about what he terms “an extreme attack on science that’s acute and forceful and very much in the news.” He doesn't mince words in his latest editorial for the magazine.

Is the purpose of college to prepare for a career or to pursue learning and knowledge as inherently worthwhile endeavors?That question isn’t a simple one…

Updated 6:59 p.m., Sept. 21, with McCaskill comment: New research about sexual assault on college campuses shows Washington University in somewhat better…

Washington University has rolled out a blueprint for making the highly regarded school more accessible for low-income students.“For Washington University…

As part-time instructors at Washington University ponder whether to join a union, two major questions have arisen about the campaign.Has the university…

Seated in his office on the second floor of Brookings Hall on the eastern edge of the Washington University campus, Provost Holden Thorp has a pretty good…

The chancellor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill is leaving to become provost of Washington University in St. Louis.Holden Thorp said in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 17, 2013 - Washington University has named a noted academic and biotech entrepreneur as its new…