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Hu appointed dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences

Feng Sheng Hu, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been appointed dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of biology and of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. 

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Histories of contagion

Rebecca Messbarger, professor of Italian and founding director of the Medical Humanities program, discusses examples of social distancing from medieval Florence to Progressive Era St. Louis.

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Faculty, Profiles, Campus & Community

Dean Barbara Schaal looks ahead

With the spread COVID-19 around the globe, Washington University recently made the tough decision to move all instruction online for the remainder of the semester. Though many students and faculty will be based off campus in the coming months, we remain an Arts & Sciences community. We hope that Ampersand stories from across Arts & Sciences – including this update from Dean Schaal – will help connect our community with their WashU home during these extenuating circumstances.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Sharing stories for the next 100 years

Home Work: Inside the Lives of Migrant Caregivers in Palestine/Israel

WashU welcomes 28th cohort of Mellon Mays fellows

Biology community comes together to share thoughts, concerns about COVID-19

PAD Announces Cancellation of Remainder of the 2019-2020 Season

WashU planetary scientists chosen to work on pristine Apollo samples

Genealogies as political objects in Early Modern China

Zoe Stamatopoulou receives a 2020 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

WashU undergraduate to participate in Athenian Agora excavation

Patrizia d’Ettorre joins the WashU biology department as Clark Harrison Way Visiting Professor

Environmental Studies Across the Arts and Sciences: Reflecting on a Presentation by Professor Susan Scott Parrish and Dean Barbara Schaal

‘Truths and Reckonings’: A Pop-up Memorial Museum

Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award

Science research roundup: February 2020

Wang wins 2020 Houtermans Award

Fostering independent thinking

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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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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

Arts & Sciences launches environmental analysis major

Washington University in St. Louis now offers a major in...

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Fossil discoveries rewrite our family history

An international team of researchers that includes...

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Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome

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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.

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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.

“Wide-reaching and diverse”: Math student Noah Kontur details his work at NASA

Through internship opportunities, Kontur has gained first-hand research experience that is shaping his post-graduation plans and career path.

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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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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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