Skip to main content

Saint Louis University Newsroom

Check out the latest headlines from Saint Louis University – from research breakthroughs to student achievements to major campus events.

Feature Story

SLU President Meets Pope Leo XIV During Gathering of Jesuit University Leaders in Rome

In an ornate room at the Apostolic Palace in Rome, SLU President Edward Feser, wearing a dark suit, shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV, wearing a white papal floor-length robe and cap, as First Lady Kathy Feser looks on, dressed in white top and blue scarf,

SLU President Edward Feser, Ph.D., and First Lady Kathy Feser meet Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Photo by Vatican Media.

Read the full story

More News

Stories About Research, Rankings, Service and Community

Dr. Kathy Johnson, with blond hair and wearing a royal blue dress, stands confidently on a balcony, smiling. Green trees and a blurred building form the background.
Read More
Leadership
Kathy E. Johnson, Ph.D., Appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Saint Louis University

Johnson is currently the president of the University of New Orleans and previously served as the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer at IU Indianapolis. As Saint Louis University’s second-ranking officer, Johnson will work closely with SLU’s president to help shape the University’s long-term direction.

Red-brick building with green roof, labeled "Center for Advanced Dental Education" with a hazy and cloudy sky backdrop.
Read More
Philanthropy
SLU Orthodontics Program Receives $1 Million Gift to Fund Professorship and Research

Alumna Suthanya Srisuro, D.D.S. (GRAD DENT' 75), made the gift in gratitude for the education she received at SLU. Her gift will also provide financial support to a building-expansion campaign for Dreiling-Marshall Hall, home to SLU's Center for Advanced Dental Education (CADE).

A group of smiling young people with lanyards walk outdoors, holding brochures and waving. They appear relaxed and excited, suggesting a campus tour.
Read More
Campus Life
SLU 101 Helps New Students Become SLU Students

At SLU 101, incoming students spend time on campus, meet fellow Billikens in person — and get all their questions about Saint Louis University answered. SLU 101 summer orientation is the first time many people come to campus as official Saint Louis University students. Before, they were visitors or admitted students. But at SLU 101, the transition to college gets real.

Author Marilynne Robinson, with long gray hair in a blue shirt, sits on a wooden bench next to a stained glass window.
Read More
Community Impact
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Marilynne Robinson to Receive the 2027 St. Louis Literary Award

Robinson is the author of “Gilead,” winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award; “Home” (2008), winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; “Lila” (2014), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and “Jack” (2020), a New York Times bestseller. The St. Louis Literary Award is presented annually by Saint Louis University and has become one of the top literary prizes in the country.

Jean Potvin stands confidently with his arms crossed in front of a large skeletal whale ribcage, dramatically lit in blue, conveying a sense of wonder and exploration.
Read More
Faculty Excellence
SLU Researcher Serves as Scientist in Residence for the Saint Louis Science Center’s 'The Blue Whale Story’

SLU professor of physics Jean Potvin, Ph.D., has spent years studying the science of whales. As a part of the Saint Louis Science Center’s new traveling exhibition, "The Blue Whale Story," he helped to develop a special display about whales that visitors can view. Presentations featuring him and other SLU researchers will be scheduled throughout the year.

Jocelyn Ciotti, Sydney Nimerick and Bella Castro, wearing bright blue shirts and dark navy skirts and shorts, stand smiling in front of a small airplane in a hangar.
Read More
Student Activities
Saint Louis University Aviation Team Set to Compete in Air Race Classic

A team of pilots from Saint Louis University will compete June 23-26 in the Air Race Classic, an annual all-woman, daylight-only race held each June. The SLU team includes Jocelyn Ciotti and Sydney Nimerick, who both graduated in May with degrees in aeronautics, along with rising sophomore Bella Castro. Ciotti and Nimerick are now flight instructors with SLU’s Flight School within the Parks Department of Aviation Science in the School of Science and Engineering.

Upcoming SLU Events

Check out what's coming up next at Saint Louis University.

Upcoming Events on Campus

Full Calendar

Resources for the Media

There are a lot of great things going on at SLU, and we welcome the media to cover our news, events, faculty experts and more.

Guidelines for Media Access

Media Contacts

31950

Total mentions in local, national and international media in 2025

156100

Social media interactions (likes, shares, reposts) for online news articles mentioning SLU in 2025.