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Washington University has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to endow the “Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry” postdoctoral program in Arts & Sciences, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The $1 million matching grant was awarded shortly after the University fulfilled its own $2 million commitment to endow the program this fall, more than one year ahead of schedule.

Peter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and associate professor of architecture, has received one of three national Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). MacKeith received the award for the design studio “Lighthouses: Adventures on the Mississippi,” which he led in the spring of 2007.

Photo by Robert BostonSherry Teefey, M.D., professor of radiology, enjoys both her professional time with patients and colleagues and personal time spent not only hiking in mountain ranges around the world but also in medical education efforts in countries in Africa, Asia and South America.

Thomas A. Schweich, J.D., the State Department’s coordinator for counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, will join the School of Law as Ambassador-in-Residence.

Photo by Whitney CurtisThe Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts hosted a student vs. faculty tug of war March 21 on the south lawn of Bixby Hall.

Photo by Joe AngelesJunior Kelley Greenman (right) is all smiles upon learning from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton that she has just been awarded a 2008 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

WUSTL has taken the lead in the 2007-08 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup Division III standings. The University accumulated 371.5 points during the winter season to move past Williams College, who led after the first set of winter standings were released. WUSTL sits in first place with 693.50 points, while Amherst College is second with […]

Ancient history scholar Glen Bowersock will give the Biggs Lecture in the Classics on “Globalization in Late Antiquity” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.

Peter MacKeithPeter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and associate professor of architecture, has received one of three national Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). MacKeith received the award for the design studio “Lighthouses: Adventures on the Mississippi,” which he led in the spring of 2007.

Irish poet and novelist Ciaran Carson will read from his work at 8 p.m. Monday, April 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Born in Belfast in 1948, Carson is the author of nine collections of poems, including The Irish for No (1987) and Breaking News (2003), as well as four prose works, including the novel Shamrock Tea (2001), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.