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Libraries’ Neureuther essay contest winners named

4.20.18 | Arts & Humanities, Awards & Notables, Campus Life

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.

4.19.18

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.

4.9.18

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.

3.30.18

Arvidson to receive Weidenbaum Center Award for Excellence

3.30.18 | Faculty, Awards & Notables

Raymond E. Arvidson, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will receive the Weidenbaum Center Award for Excellence Medal. The award will be given at a ceremony held during the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy annual dinner April 2. This award honors individuals who have made major contributions to both scholarship and public service.

3.28.18

Science Research Roundup: February and March 2018

3.13.18

Patti installed as inaugural Powell Professor

3.13.18 | Giving, Natural Sciences & Math, Awards & Notables

Gary Patti has been named the Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis.

3.7.18

Psychology student McDarby wins gerontology award

3.7.18 | Social Sciences, Awards & Notables

Meghan McDarby, a graduate student in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected for a James McKenney Student Travel Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

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