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2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment

The past year was an incredible one for Arts & Sciences. As we embark on a new year, here'a a look back at a few of our highlights.

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Campus & Community

Arts & Sciences announces plan for new building, launches strategic plan

Coinciding with the launch of the Arts & Sciences strategic plan, Washington University in St. Louis announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art building for the school.

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Faculty, Campus & Community

Digital Transformation Initiative brings new talent to Arts & Sciences

Dean Hu’s initiative infuses new talent and novel approaches across disciplines. In addition to seven hires who arrived earlier this year, 12 scholars plan to join Arts & Sciences in 2022 as part of the initiative.

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Faculty, Social Sciences, Profiles

It’s not just what you say but how you say it

Christopher Lucas addresses long-standing questions in political science using new computational methods and previously untapped datasets – including the sound of political speech.

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Faculty, Awards & Notables

Arts & Sciences faculty among world’s most highly cited researchers

Deanna Barch, Jonathan Losos, Richard Vierstra, and Li Yang, all professors in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, have been named to the Institute for Scientific Information’s list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2021.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Chemists develop new footprinting technique for proteins in living systems

Grounded analysis: The history of electricity in Mexico City

16th-century German humanists, assemble! Constructing a multi-century genealogy of knowledge

Senior Kuziez named Marshall Scholar

The devil is in the details

Science research roundup: November and December 2021

Celebrating our fall 2021 graduates

Infante's translation named one of Entropy's best poetry books of 2020–21

How to live playfully

Knowing what we know

Franken-flies: How undergraduate Foltz explores a unique DNA pattern in fruit flies

Using microbes to make carbon-neutral fuel

Movement and meaning: Tracing 200 years of change in the human body

Three Arts & Sciences faculty win Emerson awards for teaching

More sleep leads to better grades and well-being

Science research roundup: October 2021

Featured Podcast:

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.

Performing Gold: Fanny Kemble, Modern Banking, and the Evolution of Acting

In this episode of the Hold That Thought podcast, Julia Walker explains the legendary performance of Fanny Kemble and how it connected to historical events and anxieties of the times. Walker's book "Performance and Modernity: Enacting Change on the Globalizing Stage" will be published November 2021.

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Fall 2021 issue

The Ampersand magazine shares stories of incredible people, research, and ideas in Arts & Sciences. The inaugural issue features research on aging with purpose, a restorative justice partnership with University City schools, and the alumna in charge of returning samples from Mars.

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news and events from Arts & Sciences / WashU

Kita, Shearer win NEH fellowships

Two faculty members in Arts & Sciences at Washington...

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Center for the Humanities names faculty fellows

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at...

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Wang receives NASA grant

Wang Alian Wang, research professor in the Department of...

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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.

Chemists develop new footprinting technique for proteins in living systems

Highlighted research from Washington University chemists demonstrates innovative footprinting method to answer questions about proteins in biological systems with applications in drug design, binding, and screening.

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2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment

The past year was an incredible one for Arts & Sciences. As we embark on a new year, here's a look back at a few of our highlights.

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Grounded analysis: The history of electricity in Mexico City

In a new book, Diana Montaño explores the everyday uses and adaptations of technology from the ground up.

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16th-century German humanists, assemble! Constructing a multi-century genealogy of knowledge

New research from graduate student Justin Meyer shows how German Renaissance humanist writers mobilized ancient, medieval, and Renaissance-era knowledge in shaping German identity.

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