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Meet Soumendra Lahiri, the new Stanley A. Sawyer Professor

Soumendra Lahiri, who joined the Arts & Sciences faculty this fall, will be installed Jan. 27 as the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor in Mathematics and Statistics.

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Humanities

Bringing digital methodologies into the humanities classroom

A new partnership between Washington University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis introduces graduate students to the digital tools that are changing the very nature of humanities scholarship.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Professor Sowande' Mustakeem receives the Dred Scott Freedom Award

Daphne A. Brooks and the History of Black Women’s ‘Radical Musicianship’

Tracking the history of women’s welfare work in Ghana

A drugstore solution for synthesizing stable semiconducting polymers

Meet Visiting Fellow Dorothy Pokua Agyepong

PAD Students Participate in Climate Change Theatre Action St. Louis

Casey O'Callaghan publishes "A Multisensory Philosophy of Perception" with Oxford University Press

WashU physicists launch cosmic ray telescope from Antarctica

Marisa Wegrzyn (LA '03) bringing Goliath to life

Joseph Jez named Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology

Season's greetings 2019

Science research roundup: November and December 2019

Mars rover retrospective

“A wounding of an education”

Market Fresh Science at Ferguson Farmer’s Market

Student delegates gear up for Madrid climate conference

Our Latest Podcast:

Mud cores, rain gauges, and the hunt for climate data

Bronwen Konecky travels to tropical regions around the world gathering evidence of the geologic past. Using data from rain samples and sediment deep at the bottom of lakes, she is piecing together a story about Earth's climatic history – and what it can tell us about our planet's future.

Reading revelation

Is there a difference between divine justice and divine retribution? Religious studies scholars Elaine Pagels and Laurie Maffly-Kipp discuss the Book of Revelation and how it has been interpreted across time, as well as the personal side of their writing and research.

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Faculty Bookshelf

Browse titles from Arts & Sciences faculty. Thoughtful. Diverse. Well researched. These books might just make it to your shelf, nightstand, or coffee table.

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news and events from Arts & Sciences / WashU

Colten, Tran win RAC Artist Fellowships

Photographer Jennifer Colten, senior lecturer in the Sam...

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Center for the Humanities faculty fellows named

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at...

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Green in tooth and claw

Go ahead, take a big bite. Hard plant foods may have made...

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Geoff Childs discusses his research

Geoff Childs in the Department of Anthropology uses anthropological demography to explore what happens to a community when the majority of young people move out for education.

Mariel Ehrlich

Getting Lost—and Found—in Peru

Mariel Ehrlich, a junior who is double majoring in sociology and Latin American studies, talks about her time abroad in Lima, Peru and how studying Spanish has changed her perspective on what it means to be a global citizen.

Welcome to WashU: Flora Cassen

Historian Flora Cassen shares some of her ongoing projects and her thoughts on the role of historical scholarship in discussions of modern-day antisemitism.

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Answering that (major) question: Getting from Point A to Point D(egree)

Experiencing minor stress over choosing a major or minor? Senior Lia White shares a personal perspective on finding an academic path.

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Costuming "Angels in America"

Mona Jahani, costume designer for “Angels in America” at Edison Theatre, shares her experience designing and producing more than 200 costume pieces – all while keeping up as a WashU student.

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How a liberal arts education prepared one grad for medicine

A self-professed science geek, Anand Chukka arrived at Washington University in St. Louis eager to prepare for a career in medicine. As a December degree candidate, he has accomplished just that.

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