News Clips

Taylor Begley, assistant professor of finance

Joel Minor writes on the University Libraries blog about the 25th anniversary of the publication of author and critic William Gass’ “The Tunnel” and university research materials related to the book.

Betsy Sinclair, professor of political science

Geoff Ward, professor of African and African-American studies

Daniel Epps, associate professor of law

Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor

Gerald Early remembers Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, who died Sept. 16, 2020, with two stories Early recalls with particular fondness. “To say that Bill Danforth was a great man nearly goes without saying and seems a platitude without much meaning. What does it mean to be great, after all?” Early writes.

D.B. Dowd, professor of art

Robert W. Duffy, a WashU alumnus, longtime adjunct lecturer and writer, writes a remembrance of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth. “There are lots of kindly encomiums for persons of distinction: brilliant, wonderful, generous and so on. But it is a rare person who can be described as great. Dr. Danforth was such a person.”

Rachel Sachs, associate professor of law