DeRoo wins Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies

Rebecca J. DeRoo, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history & archaeology in Arts & Sciences, has won the 2008 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies for her book “The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art: The Politics of Artistic Display in France after 1968.”

Construction update

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Arts & Sciences presents alumni awards, Dean’s Medal

Arts & Sciences will recognize the achievements of five alumni at 4 p.m. May 16 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Sciences Building. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, will also present the Dean’s Medal to Robert E. Thach, Ph.D., who is stepping down June 30 after 15 years as dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Men’s tennis advances to quarterfinals

The top-seeded tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship with a 6-0 victory over No. 2 seed DePauw University May 4 at the Tao Tennis Center. After a bye in the first round, WUSTL defeated Grinnell College, 5-1, May 3. This marks the fifth time in school […]

Service trips open students’ eyes to new opportunities

The realities of rural and international health care became clear to groups of first- and second-year School of Medicine students on their spring break trips this year. But instead of getting discouraged, these students found a possible career path and future opportunities. Seven first-year students traveled to a Navajo reservation in Arizona, and 13 second-year […]