Emmanuel Pahud launches 2025 Great Artists Series
Emmanuel Pahud, “one of today’s most dazzling interpreters of the 20th-century flute repertoire” (BBC Music Magazine), and pianist Alessio Bax, one of “the most remarkable young pianists now before the public” (Gramophone), will launch WashU’s 2025 Great Artists Series Jan. 23.
He named editor of prominent statistics journal
Xuming He, chair of the Department of Statistics and Data Science in Arts & Sciences, has been appointed joint editor for the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series B (Statistical Methodology), one of the most important journals in statistical science worldwide.
Ardan Carlisle, first-year student in Arts & Sciences, 18
Ardan Carlisle, a first-year student studying mathematics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Dec. 19, 2024, of an undiagnosed medical condition. He was 18.
Nothin’ but pawpaws in the pawpaw patch
Pawpaws are the state fruit tree of Missouri. But the trees tend to choke out woody bushes and flowering plants nearby, exerting a haphazard kind of pressure on would-be neighbors, according to research from WashU.
Brain structure differences provide clues to substance use risks
Researchers at Washington University found correlations between types of brain structure and people who try drugs before age 15.
How to make resolutions that stick
People should be strategic about how and when they set new goals, according to positive psychology researcher Tim Bono at Washington University.
Ullman receives literary article recognition
Alex Ullman, a postdoctoral fellow in WashU’s Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, will receive a 2024 William Riley Parker Prize honorable mention from the Modern Language Association.
Physicist Dev awarded Humboldt research fellowship
Bhupal Dev, an associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, will analyze possible neutrino interactions with dark matter at the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics in Germany.
Van Engen wins Christianity Today book award
Abram Van Engen, the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, has won Christianity Today’s 2024 Best Book Award in Culture, Poetry and the Arts for “Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church.”
Geology team evaluates lunar landing locations
Brad Jolliff, in Arts & Sciences, is part of the Artemis III geology team that is helping NASA to evaluate the nine potential lunar landing regions for their scientific potential.
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