Six faculty members to join Arts & Sciences under Race and Ethnicity Cluster Hire Initiative

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The cluster hire initiative is funded by the Office of Provost and supported by the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.

Small-town mayor pushes for big changes inspired by WashU education

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A recent Arts & Sciences graduate is using lessons from his time at WashU to bring change to his Louisiana hometown. 

Why St. Louis County removed a memorial to 'white colonists'

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Lauren Eldridge Stewart, assistant professor of ethnomusicology, has been awarded a six-month Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

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Eldridge Stewart receives fellowship to support research on classical music in Haiti 

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National Park Service launches digital exhibit on the History of Slavery in St. Louis

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The traveling National Park Service exhibit currently at Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site tells the story of slavery in St. Louis through the use of primary source documents, historic images, and individual stories of enslavement. The digital exhibit shares stories from nine different banners that were created as part of this exhibit.

Apply for the SlaveVoyages Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Harris: Limiting instruction on Black history limits the future for us all

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"Our legislators would suggest that books and content telling the stories of Black people don’t deserve space on the shelves, that history demonstrating the truths of oppression shouldn’t be taught, and that anything that doesn’t sell the myth of white supremacy is unsafe for our schools."

'Interventions' are one way to foster inclusivity on campus

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Dr. Chris Rozek was interviewed for the Columbia Missourian article "'Interventions' are one way to foster inclusivity on campus."

Cunningham and Ward share Mellon Foundation grant for project on the virality of racial terror

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Opening Great Artists Series performer J'Nai Bridges brings a heartfelt program to WashU including a work by a St. Louis composer

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Americanist Dinner Forum: Introducing  "Left in the Midwest:  St. Louis Progressive Activism in the 1960s and 1970s"

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