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William Gass obit
Feb. 12,
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The world in six songs
Multi-talented psychologist and musician at Assembly Series
Sept. 26,
2008 -- Session musician, commercial recording engineer, live sound engineer, record producer, bestselling author and psychologist, Daniel Levitin visits the WUSTL campus at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 8 in Graham Chapel for the next installment of the Assembly Series.
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Prominent figure in American letters
William H. Gass wins 2007 Truman Capote Award for 'A Temple of Texts'
April 24,
2007 -- "A Temple of Texts" by William H. Gass, Ph.D., the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is the 2007 winner of the $30,000 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The Capote Award, the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language, is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.
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One of 20 selected nationwide
Marlow named to USA Today's All-USA College Academic First Team
Feb. 15,
2007 --
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| Jeffrey Marlow |
Jeffrey J. Marlow, a senior in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 20 students nationwide named to the 2007 All-USA College Academic First Team, USA Today's recognition program for outstanding undergraduates. Two other Washington University students were named to the third team and one student received honorable mention, resulting in Washington University tying with the University of Alabama for the most students selected in the newspaper's competition.
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If in need, hope for happy people around
One's circumstance and mood can impact moral behavior
April 6,
2006 --
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Do you consider yourself a moral person? Most of us do. But what is it exactly that makes us moral beings? A philosopher at Washington University in St. Louis thinks that circumstance and mood often have an extraordinary impact on how people behave, no matter what kind of character they may appear to have. Or, in other words, seemingly Sweet Sally may turn into Selfish Sally if in a foul mood. More ...
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Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors
Center for the Humanities to present fourth annual faculty book colloquium Dec. 7
Nov. 22,
2005 --
Larry May, Ph.D., professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences, will deliver a keynote address on "The Moral Writer" as part of Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors, Washington University's fourth annual faculty book colloquium, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Ann W. Olin Women's Building Formal Lounge.
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Renowned classics scholar to deliver annual Biggs lecture
Biggs Lecture in Classics spotlights Cambridge scholar Malcolm Schofield
March 1,
2005 -- The renowned classics scholar Malcolm Schofield will give the annual Biggs Lecture in the Classics at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 17, for the Assembly Series. The event will be held in the Women's Building Formal Lounge; it is free and open to the public.
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Gass wins PEN Award
Prestigious "Art of the Essay" award goes to William Gass
May 8,
2003 --
William H. Gass, Ph.D., the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and founder of the International Writers Center, both in Arts & Sciences, has won this year's PEN/Spielvogel Diamonstein Award in the Art of the Essay category.
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