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The Exit Interview: Dennis Martin reflects on decades of service to WashU

4.18.18

Bugged out by climate change

4.18.18 |

Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze-thaw events have led to changes in the relative numbers of different types of bugs in the Arctic, says Amanda Koltz, a postdoctoral fellow in Arts & Sciences. The study relies on the longest-standing, most comprehensive data set on arctic arthropods in the world today: a catalogue of almost 600,000 flies, wasps, spiders and other creepy-crawlies collected at the Zackenberg field station on the northeast coast of Greenland from 1996-2014.

4.17.18

Achilefu, Elgin to receive 2018 faculty achievement awards

4.17.18 |

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.

4.17.18

Faculty, students participate in climate summit April 22-24

4.17.18 |

Washington University faculty and students will moderate panels at the Saint Louis Climate Summit, hosted by Saint Louis University. Students, faculty and staff can attend an evening with Bill Nye of “Science Guy” fame and environmentalist Carl Pope on April 23 for free by showing their IDs at the ticket booth.

4.17.18

Lifeguard to Return When Snow Melts: Results of the 2018 A&S Student Photo Contest

4.12.18

Welcome to WashU: William B. Tolman

4.12.18

Color of Policing Symposium explores youth, education, activism April 19-20

St. Louis leaders, scholars to discuss impact of schools, courts, police on urban youth

4.12.18 |

The prospects for improved law enforcement-community relations in St. Louis and beyond will be explored as the “Color of Policing Symposium (COPS): Youth, Education and Activism” brings together urban scholars and city leaders for a two-day symposium April 19-20 on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

4.12.18

Phi Beta Kappa: Recognizing remarkable students

4.11.18

The Litter of Political Wastelands: ‘Fake News’ and the Politics of Truth in Contemporary Syria

4.11.18 |

The proliferation of junk-knowledge about Syria — in the form of memes, websites, videos and biased news reporting — makes it an apt site to question the physical and metaphorical litter of contemporary politics. Anne-Marie McManus and Nancy Reynolds write about the toxic consequences of the visible and invisible “stuff” that flows and distorts landscapes.

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