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Dean Schaal announces additions to senior leadership

1.17.18

Faculty for the next generation

1.17.18 |

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has won a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help transform doctoral training in the humanities.

1.17.18

Obituary: Henrietta W. Freedman, former trustee, 95

1.17.18 |

Henrietta W. Freedman, a former member of the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees and a founder of the university’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI), died in her sleep, surrounded by family, at her St. Louis home Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. She was 95.

1.12.18

Henke edits ‘A Cultural History of Theatre’ volume

1.12.18 |

Robert Henke, professor of drama and comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, edited “A Cultural History of Theatre In the Early Modern Age” (2017). The volume is third in a six-volume set tracing the complex interactions between theater and culture over the past 2,500 years.

1.10.18

Spring 2018 New Faculty

1.10.18

McDaniel recognized for prospective memory research

1.10.18 |

Mark McDaniel, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is co-recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Conference of Prospective Memory.

1.3.18

Did ancient irrigation technology travel Silk Road?

1.3.18 |

Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert climates.

12.28.17

For a healthier 2018, find purpose in life

12.20.17

Fritz, Mueller receive Southeastern Archaeological Conference award

12.20.17 |

Gayle Fritz, professor of archaeology, and Natalie Mueller, a 2017 doctoral graduate, both of the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, have received the Patty Jo Watson Award for the year’s best article or book chapter on Southeastern archaeology.

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