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Garland E. Allen III (1936–2023): Leading historian of biology and social justice activist
Q & A: David Schuman, Director of The Writing Program
In light of his recent promotion, the Duncker Digest staff wanted to dig-in with David Schuman, Director of The Writing Program, and learn a little more about him, his teaching philosophy, and the creative process itself. Despite Hurst Visits, dissertations, and a generally busy spring semester, Dave was kind enough to get back to us right away! The Q & A went a little something like this:
NASA’s Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time
Augmented reality allows students to practice Italian in a virtual classroom
A saloon in the American Old West became a virtual environment for Iva Youkilis’ students to discuss, debate, and practice vocabulary about games — all in Italian.
Scientists share ‘comprehensive’ map of volcanoes on Venus — all 85,000 of them
WashU to host StanCon 2023
Scientists share ‘comprehensive’ map of volcanoes on Venus — all 85,000 of them
Doctoral Student David Balmaceda Selected for Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Candidates for The Bouchet Society show outstanding promise as a scholar through their research in humanities, social sciences and sciences fields.
WashU & Slavery Project Partners with St. Louis County Parks to Interpret Slavery at General Daniel Bissell House
Siegel and Craver's "Phenomenal Laws and Mechanistic Explanations" to appear in Philosophy of Science
In their forthcoming article, Gabe Siegel and Carl Craver examine the relationship between mechanistic explanation and phenomenological laws
Derek Braverman contributes to Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health
Derek Braverman's "Big Data and Public Health" is part of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health