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Literature

Parvulescu wins $1.2M European Union grant

Anca Parvulescu, the Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature and a professor of English, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will serve as principal investigator for a $1.2 million grant exploring the history of comparatism and the origins of the comparative method.
Students

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Artists play instruments
Images from on and around the Washington University campuses.

Statement regarding campus protest

Bosse and other details on the west facade of Brookings Hall.
We are firmly committed to free expression and allow ample opportunity for voices to be heard on our campus. However, we expect everyone to respect our policies and we will take swift action to enforce them to their fullest extent.
Awards & Notables

Faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Brookings Hall
Four Washington University in St. Louis faculty are among 250 newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. They are John Atkinson, MD, Pauline Kim, Adia Harvey Wingfield and Jeffrey Zacks.
Medicine

Smart nanoparticles may be able to deliver drugs to heart after heart attack

AI-generated image of a heart with tiny particles surrounding it
Jianjun Guan, a materials scientist in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, received a four-year more than $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design a system of nanoparticles that deliver drugs after a heart attack much more effectively than current methods allow.