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Dr. Edward J. Feser Named 34th President of Saint Louis University

Edward J. Feser, Ph.D., poses for a headshot in Pere Marquette Gallery

President-elect Edward J. Feser, Ph.D.

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Awards
SLU Professor and Author Jonathan Sawday Wins MLA’s Prestigious James Russell Lowell Prize

Saint Louis University’s Jonathan Sawday, Ph.D., has received the James Russell Lowell Prize for the most outstanding book published in 2023, for his text Blanks, Print, Space, and Void in English Renaissance Literature: An Archaeology of Absence, published by Oxford University Press.

The 2023 Parade of Nations. Photo by Sarah Conroy.
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Obituary
Sam Fox: 1929-2004

Sam Fox, a noted St. Louis philanthropist, former Ambassador to Belgium, and generous donor to Saint Louis University, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. He was 95. Fox was chairman and chief executive officer of Harbour Group Ltd. In 2007 he was named the ambassador to Belgium. Fox was known throughout the region for his donations to various causes and groups, including SLU.

A cropped photo of Dr. Amy Wright. She poses for a photo in a long-sleeve red sweater against a white background.
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Awards
Amy E. Wright Receives Honorable Mention for MLA's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize

Saint Louis University's Amy E. Wright, Ph.D., received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) for the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in the field of Latin American and Spanish literature and cultures. Wright, a professor of Hispanic Studies at SLU, received the honor for her book Serial Mexico: Storytelling across Media, from Nationhood to Now, published in 2023 by Vanderbilt University Press.

A student studies for midterm exams in Pius XII Memorial Library on Oct. 16, 2024.
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Campus Life
Photos: SLU's Award-Winning Photographer Shares 2024 Favorites

At the close of the day on Friday, Dec. 20, Saint Louis University will begin its winter break. Before looking ahead to the new year, SLU's photographer Sarah Conroy shares some of her favorite images she captured of life at SLU during 2024. 

A cropped photo of Dr. Thomas Finan from the waist up. He poses for a photo outdoors during the day. A building is in the background on his left.
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Awards
SLU History Professor Receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Create Digital Tool Focusing on Gaelic Ireland

Thomas Finan, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Saint Louis University, has received a Fulbright Specialist Award. He will work with colleagues at the University of Galway to create a joint database of archaeological and historical research focusing on Gaelic Ireland.

A male student builds a gingerbread house. He bends over a table with one hand on the gingerbread house to make sure it's level. He is squinting. One eye is closed.
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Innovation
Don't Let that Cookie Crumble: SSE Teams Build, Test Gingerbread Houses

Teams of students, faculty and staff in Saint Louis University's School of Science and Engineering recently put their engineering skills to work for a December Innovation Challenge. The teams built gingerbread houses designed to stand up during a weight-loading competition.

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