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Christine Floss, research professor in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died April 19, 2018, in St. Louis. She was 56. Floss was a leader in the university’s Laboratory for Space Sciences.

4.19.18

Bowen, Perlmutter elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

4.19.18 | Faculty, Awards & Notables, A&S in the News

Washington University in St. Louis sociocultural anthropologist John R. Bowen and David H. Perlmutter, MD, dean of the School of Medicine, join the likes of President Barack Obama, actor Tom Hanks and Supreme Court Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor as newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

4.19.18

Wysession appointed executive director of Teaching Center

4.19.18 | Faculty, Natural Sciences & Math, Awards & Notables

Michael Wysession, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed executive director of the university’s Teaching Center, effective July 1.

4.17.18

Achilefu, Elgin to receive 2018 faculty achievement awards

4.17.18 | Faculty, Awards & Notables

Sarah C.R. Elgin and Samuel I. Achilefu will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2018 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced. Also, William A. Frazier III, professor emeritus, will be honored for innovation and entrepreneurship.

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

Heil awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Grant will support a book devoted to relationship between physics and the world as we see it

4.9.18 | Faculty, Awards & Notables, A&S in the News

John Heil, a professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was selected for the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship based on his prior achievement and exceptional promise.

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.

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Never Done Learning: Robert Hegel on a career in Chinese literature

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Obituary: Christine Floss, research professor in physics, 56

Obituary: Christine Floss, research professor in physics, 56

Bowen, Perlmutter elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Bowen, Perlmutter elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Wysession appointed executive director of Teaching Center

Wysession appointed executive director of Teaching Center

Achilefu, Elgin to receive 2018 faculty achievement awards

Achilefu, Elgin to receive 2018 faculty achievement awards

'Does compassion exist?'

'Does compassion exist?'

Heil awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Heil awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Frankenstein 200 years later

Frankenstein 200 years later

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