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The exit interview: Dean Jennifer R. Smith

Before beginning her new role as vice provost for educational initiatives, Jennifer R. Smith took part in a Q&A with the Ampersand to reflect on past successes and future goals for enhancing the undergraduate experience at Washington University.

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Arts & Sciences students named inaugural Chancellor's Career Fellows

The Chancellor’s Career Fellowship offers a comprehensive, fully-funded career education experience for selected students across the university. Among the 61 students selected for the inaugural class of fellows, 41 are members of the College of Arts & Sciences.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Noted media studies scholar and video game designer Ian Bogost to join the faculty in Arts & Sciences

Building connections to support an inclusive culture of safety

Yehuda Ben-Shahar wins 2021 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award

St. Louis Area Brain Bee winners reflect on experience 

Science research roundup: April 2021

Symister honored by the Association of Women Faculty

Hostile Terrain 94 mourns each life lost on the southern border

Fournier wins NSF CAREER Award

Sigma Iota Rho hosts town hall on climate migration

Learn while teaching: James Lucas wins Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence

American Culture Studies awards three postdoctoral fellowships

Hearing poetry in an ancient language

Porn work as just work

Comedy writing class leads to publications for four Arts & Sciences students

Association of Women Faculty honors Andreea Stoica with 2021 Annual Student Award

Alumnus Naar decodes an endangered language to revive a lost history

Featured Podcast:

American Democracy Lab podcast: Episode one

The American Democracy Lab podcast is presented by the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement in partnership with WashU Engage and the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. Episode 1 focuses on the presidency. 

Natural Gas in the New Bolivia

Revisit this episode with anthropologist Bret Gustafson, who discusses the complicated relationship between energy, politics, the environment, and indigenous rights. Gustafson's book "Bolivia in the Age of Gas" is now available through Duke University Press.

Remembering Baghdad

In the mid-twentieth century, the thriving Jewish community in modern-day Baghdad quickly came to an end. Years later, those who experienced life in Baghdad - and also the children of those exiled - turned to literature to share their memories. Revisit this episode to discover ideas and stories from Nancy Berg's recently published book, "Since 1948: Israeli Literature in the Making."

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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

Researchers win NIH grant

Linda J. Pike, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Biochemistry...

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Wilder wins 2021 Quatrano Prize

Dani Wilder, a senior majoring in the biochemistry track of...

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Ludwig wins 2021 Spector Prize

Each year, the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences...

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Writing the first draft of history

History major Gabriel Rubin, AB ’15, takes Wall Street Journal readers inside the Beltway as the new author of a storied political column.

Learning Latin American and women’s history from the source

First-year student Jesse Price writes about her experience in Diana Montaño’s first-year seminar, “Angels, Prostitutes, and Chicas Modernas: Women in Latin American History.”

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Get to know the incoming vice dean of undergraduate affairs

Ahead of becoming vice dean of undergraduate affairs, Erin McGlothlin spoke with senior Keishi Foecke about the new role and the future of the College of Arts & Sciences.

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From mountain biking to mice brains

Biologist Keith Hengen reflects on his unexpected path to a research career and the people who guided him along the way.

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A major, yet minor, life decision

Ahead of the 2020 Major-Minor Fair, senior Keishi Foecke looks back at her academic journey in Arts & Sciences.

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