Campus & Community

William G. Powderly and Lori A. Setton will receive Washington University’s 2023 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced. 

Dwight A. McBride, a leading scholar of race and literary studies, and president and University Professor at The New School in New York City, will join the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis. His appointment is effective Aug. 15.

Physicist Sheng Ran in Arts & Sciences has won a prestigious National Science Foundation award for a project investigating new quantum materials. The research has potential applications for next-generation electronics.

Adia Harvey Wingfield, in Arts & Sciences, has been elected the 116th president of the American Sociological Association. As president, she will be responsible for leading ASA’s overall strategic direction and policymaking.

Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Starting at 10 a.m. June 7, Danforth Campus employees can register for a U-Pass as well as purchase a 2023-24 Danforth Campus parking permit. WashU School of Medicine employees also can register for a U-Pass or Danforth Campus reciprocal parking permit.

Several humanities faculty members received individual research grants this spring from the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

At the Board of Trustees meeting May 5, numerous faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure.

The McKelvey School of Engineering recently honored alumni and friends for their service to the school, thought leadership, business acumen and impact.

Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to join the First Scholars Network by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation.