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Faculty, Humanities

Meet our new faculty: Humanities

This fall, 22 new researchers and instructors join 10 humanities departments and programs in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty!

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Campus & Community

Arts & Sciences welcomes new students

The College of Arts & Sciences and the Office of Graduate Studies welcomed more than 1,400 new students during orientation events the week of August 19.

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Faculty, Social Sciences

Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

This fall, 19 new researchers and instructors join six social science departments in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty!

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Alumni

A one-way ticket to fascinating conversations

Over the past 12 years, Steven Shalowitz, AB ’86, has interviewed more than 300 people — guests ranging from legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett to former CIA Director General David Petraeus — on his podcast, The One Way Ticket Show.

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Faculty, Natural Sciences & Math

Meet our new faculty: Natural sciences and mathematics

This fall, 13 new researchers and instructors join five natural science departments and programs in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty!

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Faculty, Research

Humans change their own behavior when training AI

A transdisciplinary team funded by TRIADS discovered an unexpected behavioral pattern when they asked humans to train an AI bot.

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Natural Sciences & Math, Research

Ornamented dragonflies better equipped to survive human threats

A study by Kim Medley and others found that dragonflies with dark wing markings have a lower risk of extinction.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Junior wins Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship

Cassen wins NEH grant for translation project

Q&A: Philosopher David Chalmers on ChatGPT, consciousness, and his days at WashU

Turning bacteria into bioplastic factories

The PAD Podcast Episode 4: Tijuana Ricks⁠

Reichhardt wins NIH MIRA award

Shelby Negosian named 2024 Florence Moog Scholar

WashU chemists develop groundbreaking test to track crucial edits to RNA

New study adds to mystery of Cahokia exodus

Tikhonov wins NSF CAREER award

James Bond: Exploring the storytelling behind the spy

Obituary: Stan H. Braude, professor of practice in Arts & Sciences, 62

Seven faculty members receive inaugural Teaching Innovation Awards

Spores in the city: Why some plant diseases thrive in urban environments

Zheng, Le named Beckman Scholars

Hindle wins British Agricultural History Society book award

Featured Podcast:

The PAD Podcast Episode 4: Tijuana Ricks⁠

On this episode of the ⁠PAD podcast⁠, Rob chats with actor/director/writer/producer ⁠Tijuana Ricks⁠ about her fantastic and varied career post-graduation.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar, "We Wear The Mask"

Rafia Zafar joins the Poetry for All podcast to discuss "We Wear the Mask" by the great poet and writer Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Zafar leads us in a discussion of Dunbar's fame and influence while opening up broader themes of African American history and literature

Influencing democracy

The fifth episode of the American Democracy Lab podcast features author, lecturer, and journalist Anne Nelson discussing the eroding trust in our democracy.

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The Ampersand Magazine

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Spring 2024 issue

Ampersand magazine shares stories of incredible people, research, and ideas in Arts & Sciences. Our latest issue features stories on WashU’s quantum quest, a popular course on hip-hop and rap, the secrets of the human brain, and more.

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Burns, Franklin named Heartland Journalism Fellows

Heartland Journalism fellows Marie Wenya Burns (left), a St...

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WashU faculty taking part in Catholic Enlightenment symposium

Clockwise from top left: WashU’s Tili Boon Cuille, Rebecca...

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2024 presidential election experts

The following is a list of Washington University in St....

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River flowing over rocks and Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park

A river runs through it

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are using state-of-the-art geospatial technologies to study bedrock river erosion at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, located about two hours southwest of the Danforth Campus.
Aerial shot of Tyson Research Center in the fall

Our world by degrees: In search of refuge

Researchers look at whether Ozark oases at Tyson Research Center — climate change refugia — could help species persist in spite of rising temperatures.

Emma Lembke goes to Washington

Emma Lembke discusses her decision to go to WashU, the benefits of a liberal arts education, and how she juggles activism and coursework.

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An Arts & Sciences Guide to Hip-Hop

Faculty members Jonathan Fenderson and Zachary Manditch-Prottas are uniting students from diverse disciplines in a rigorous study of hip-hop and rap, the predominant music of their generation.

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Inside WashU’s Quantum Quest

Arts & Sciences scholars are teaming up with researchers across WashU to develop new tools to probe the fundamental forces that shape our world.

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Meet WashU’s new ballet master, Antonio Douthit-Boyd

Douthit-Boyd has stepped into the role of ballet master to help build a new future for classical ballet with WashU’s dance students.

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