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

Practicing generosity

Alumna Jane Hardesty Poole learned from her physician-father the importance of giving. Today, she continues to support the university in honor of his lifetime of service.

4.6.18 | Profiles, Alumni

Alumna Jane Hardesty Poole learned from her physician-father the importance of giving. Today, she continues to support the university in honor of his lifetime of service.

4.6.18

Battling cancer on two wheels

Chris Boerner, AB ’93

4.6.18 | Profiles, Alumni

With a PhD in business, you might not expect Chris Boerner, AB ’93, to be fighting cancer. Yet as head of international markets at Bristol-Myers Squibb, he works to bring life-saving immuno-oncology cancer drugs to international markets. In his free time, Boerner participates in two bike rides that raise more than $1 million annually for cancer research.

4.6.18

A Start for Startups

Steven Collens, AB '93

4.6.18 | Profiles, Alumni

In Chicago, Steven Collens, AB ’93, was instrumental in starting 1871 and MATTER, co-working spaces for tech and health-care startups, respectively.

4.6.18

The Real Deal

Alumni profile Paul Pariser, AB '76

4.6.18 | Profiles, Alumni

Paul Pariser, AB ’76, is reshaping Manhattan with his real estate development and investment firm, Taconic Investment Partners.

3.27.18

Why Movie History Matters: David Bordwell and Film Studies, Yesterday and Today

3.27.18 | Humanities, Faculty, Profiles

Film studies scholar Colin Burnett traces the recent trajectory of film studies as an academic discipline in the seminal writings of David Bordwell and finds an exemplar for humanists of all stripes: an open-minded scholar eager to follow a question where it leads him.

3.1.18

They Travel with So Much: Q&A with Monique Bedasse

2.12.18

On Topic: The history of black studies with Gerald Early

2.12.18 | Humanities, Profiles

Professor Gerald Early recently oversaw African and African-American Studies’ transition from program to full-fledged department at WashU. Here, he talks about the student activism that kick-started black studies programs around the country.

12.8.17

Tribute to International Writers Center Founder William Gass

12.8.17 | Profiles, Alumni

Director Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, offers her thoughts on the passing of William H. Gass, founder of the International Writers Center, which later broadened its scope as a humanities center.

12.4.17

Three questions with Dean Barbara Schaal on why science matters

12.4.17 | Natural Sciences & Math, Profiles

As past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, Schaal often advocates for scientific funding. Here, she explains why science is a good investment.

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