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Stories of Incredible People, Research, Learning, and Leadership Happening in Arts & Sciences

University Libraries has selected the winners of the 2018 Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition. The Neureuther competition offers prizes to both undergraduate students and graduate students who write short essays about their personal book collections.

4.11.18

The Litter of Political Wastelands: ‘Fake News’ and the Politics of Truth in Contemporary Syria

4.11.18 | Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Campus Life

The proliferation of junk-knowledge about Syria — in the form of memes, websites, videos and biased news reporting — makes it an apt site to question the physical and metaphorical litter of contemporary politics. Anne-Marie McManus and Nancy Reynolds write about the toxic consequences of the visible and invisible “stuff” that flows and distorts landscapes.

4.10.18

'Does compassion exist?'

PAD presents Wallace Shawn’s ‘Aunt Dan and Lemon’ April 13-22

4.10.18 | Arts & Humanities, Faculty, Campus Life

News is for fools. Kindness is a lie. Killing, to our animal nature, is simply enjoyable. Wallace Shawn’s “Aunt Dan and Lemon,” which the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will stage April 13-22, explores the fragility of civilized society, and how easily cultured masks slip before the face of power.

4.9.18

Great Artists Series presents Calidore String Quartet April 22

Acclaimed young ensemble performs music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Beethoven

4.9.18 | Arts & Humanities, Campus Life

The Calidore String Quartet, one of the most acclaimed chamber ensembles of its generation, will perform music of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Beethoven April 22 as part of the Great Artists Series at Washington University in St. Louis.

4.6.18

Frankenstein 200 years later

4.6.18 | Arts & Humanities, Faculty

What can we learn from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein 200 years after it was published? A lot, insofar as the book’s central conflicts — between science and ethics, society and the other — still resonate today.

4.6.18

On an animated journey

One of the many skilled artisans behind the enchanting visuals in Pixar movies is alumnus Chris Bernardi. On the Oscar Award–winning “Coco,” Bernardi served as set supervisor, leading a team of designers who beautifully bring to life a boy’s dream against the backdrop of Mexico’s Day of the Dead.

4.6.18 | Arts & Humanities, Profiles, Alumni

4.5.18

Breakfast with Ovid

4.5.18 | Arts & Humanities, Faculty, Alumni

John and Penelope Biggs met in Latin class. Six decades later, their love for classics is still going strong. In April, leading scholars from around the country will present their work as part of the Biggs Family Residency Reunion.

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The Litter of Political Wastelands: ‘Fake News’ and the Politics of Truth in Contemporary Syria