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Preparing for the competition

9.6.18

Buera installed as Cook Professor

9.6.18 |

Francisco Buera has been named the Sam B. Cook Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University. He was installed May 7 at a ceremony in Ridgley Hall’s Holmes Lounge.

9.6.18

Sunsetting of PARC

9.5.18

Kaepernick, fans and the corporate megaphone

9.5.18 |

“Nike is turning towards a younger, more diverse America because they’ve calculated that Trumpian claims about compulsory patriotism and black athletic obedience will not win out,” says Noah Cohan, who studies sports narratives and fandom at Washington University in St. Louis.

9.4.18

Adjaye to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize

9.4.18 |

British architect Sir David Adjaye, who led design of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, will receive the 2018 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis. The $25,000 prize is among the largest U.S. awards in the humanities.

8.30.18

Paul Tran wins Poetry Foundation award

8.30.18 |

Paul Tran, a Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, is one of five young poets awarded a $25,800 prize from the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine.

8.30.18

Faster than we thought: sulfurization of organic material

8.30.18 |

Processes that were thought to take tens of thousands of years can happen in hours, according to new research. And that may change our understanding of the carbon cycle, and maybe the history of Earth’s climate.

8.30.18

Aquino to lead Washington University Symphony Orchestra

8.30.18 |

Celebrated composer Darwin Aquino will join the Washington University Symphony Orchestra as conductor-in-residence beginning with the 2018-19 season.

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Preparing for the competition

Buera installed as Cook Professor

Sunsetting of PARC

Kaepernick, fans and the corporate megaphone

Adjaye to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize

Paul Tran wins Poetry Foundation award

Faster than we thought: sulfurization of organic material

Aquino to lead Washington University Symphony Orchestra

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