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Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Barbara Kunkel, a professor in the Department of Biology, has been awarded $645,000 from the National Science Foundation in support of research on "Roles of Auxin During Pseudomonas syringae Pathogenesis."
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Histories of contagion
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Dean Barbara Schaal looks ahead
With the spread COVID-19 around the globe, Washington University made the tough decision to move all instruction online for the remainder of the semester. During these challenging times, we hope that stories from across Arts & Sciences – including this update from Dean Schaal – will help connect our community.