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Raymond Arvidson, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded an Outstanding Public Leadership Medal from NASA. The honor — his fourth service medal from the space agency — marks the culmination of a storied career in planetary exploration that goes back to the first Viking Mars landers […]

The Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) has been established to build infrastructure to support a diverse and inclusive community. As such, it is responsible for upholding WashU’s commitment to the fair and equitable treatment of all employees of the university community. Come visit here to see education and engagement opportunities for WashU faculty and staff, […]

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, an associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the Sojourner Truth in Racial & Social Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work for the 2023-24 academic year. Read more here.

Congratulations to the 17 teaching-track faculty members in Arts & Sciences who recently earned promotions! Teaching-track faculty make vital contributions to Arts & Sciences by lending their expertise and voices to mission-critical activities across campus. Read more here.

On April 25, past recipients and members of the Washington University and nonprofit community joined the Virgils and former Congressman Richard Gephardt at the Stix House to celebrate this year’s honorees of the Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award. Read more here.

Carl Phillips, a professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Phillips received the honor for his latest collection, “Then The War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.” The prizes were announced May 8 at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York by the Pulitzer […]

Denise Head and Lori Markson, both professors of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named fellows of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Additionally, Calvin Lai, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences, has received the 2023 Association for Psychological Science Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career […]

Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and a professor of African and African American studies, and T. R. Kidder, the Edward S. and Tedi Macias Professor in the Department of Anthropology have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Additionally, Scott J. Hultgren and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel of the Washington […]

Anca Parvulescu, the Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature and professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the 2023 René Wellek Prize for best monograph from the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA). Read the full story in the Record here.

Mónica Rivera has been named the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor in the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. A lecture and reception to celebrate her appointment were held Feb. 28 in Steinberg Hall. Read the full story here.

The event will feature in-person experiences from keynote speakers, panel discussions and more. The event will take place in Knight Hall, Emerson Auditorium, on WashU’s Danforth Campus from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Overflow seating will take place in Frick Forum and a YouTube live stream also will be available […]

David Cunningham, professor and chair of sociology in Arts & Sciences, and Geoff K. Ward, professor of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences and director of the WashU & Slavery project, received a $500,000 three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation. Their project will use digital humanities text-mining methods to trace the circulation of reports […]

This new fellow will facilitate faculty mentoring programs during the 2023-24 academic year and should be a tenured Danforth faculty member.  Applications will be accepted until April 6.   The application link can be found here.

Sowande’ Mustakeem, an associate professor of history and of African and African American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss her award-winning 2016 book, “Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage,” for three universities during the spring semester. Read the full story here.

Tonya Edmond, a professor and interim co-dean of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2023. Read the full story in the Record here.

Zakiya Luna, a Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar and associate professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the 2023 Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award winner by Sociologists for Women in Society. Vie the full story in the Record here.

Funding from the National Institutes of Health will help Meredith Jackrel and her team study Matrin-3, a poorly understood protein linked to several neurodegenerative disorders. View the full story in the Record here.

Diana Montaño, assistant professor of history, has won the Bolton-Johnson Prize for her book, Electrifying Mexico: Technology and the Transformation of a Modern City. More Information

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Harawa recently received the 2023 Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award, given by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS)’ Minority Law Teacher’s Section. Read more about the award here.