Treitel installed as Willilam Eliot Smith Professor in History
Corinna Treitel, a professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed recently as the university’s William Eliot Smith Professor in History.
Elmesky receives William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award
Rowhea Elmesky, an associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences, received the William H. Danforth St. Louis Confluence Award, which recognizes WashU researchers and community partners who are working together to address our region’s challenges. For the past decade, Elmesky has partnered with students and educators at University City High School to build a school culture where everyone feels valued.
WashU hosts regional classics conference
The Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences will host the 120th annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, the largest regional association for professional classicists.
‘The Souls of the Game’
Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, is one of five curatorial consultants working with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown to organize “The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball.” The new exhibit will open May 25.
Framework promotes equitable science learning
Teaching science in a way that includes and engages all learners can be challenging, but a new framework developed by the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, and published in the journal Science and Children, provides criteria for equitable lesson development in elementary science.
Making Space for the Gulf
Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East
Alum Arang Keshavarzian, LA Æ94, has written a history of the Persian Gulf region that places Iran, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula together within global processes.
Bans that disrupt democracy
As rapidly spreading book bans harm America’s children and teachers alike, WashU’s Lisa Gilbert pinpoints problems and solutions as she empowers a new generation of educators.
ChatGPT, screen bans and 3D rocks
Technology — a pedagogical ally or enemy? The answer, of course, is: It depends. At the recent iTeach Conference, hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning, educators shared how they use technology to boost learning and when they keep it out of the classroom.
Left in the Midwest
St. Louis Progressive Activism in the 1960s and 1970s
Despite St. Louis’s mid-20th-century reputation as a conservative and sleepy midwestern metropolis, the city and its surrounding region have long played host to dynamic forms of social-movement organizing. This was especially the case during the 1960s and 1970s, when a new generation of local activists lent their energies to the ongoing struggles for Black freedom, […]
Educational reform should embrace learners’ diversity, study finds
Educational reform should embrace learners’ diversity, provide equitable access to foster attendance and promote student interest in learning through child-centered teaching, finds a new study from the Brown School.
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