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WahshU faculty member and Clayton high student observe an ancient Greek vase in the Kemper
4.21.25

Clayton High Latin Students Explore the Ancient World at WashU

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4.8.25

WashU Students Earn Honors in National Sight Translation Contest

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4.8.25

WashU Classics Lecturer Regina Loehr Presents on Greek Perspectives of Roman Power at Notre Dame Conference

Palavajjhala presenting his data on a poster
3.31.25

Undergraduate Student Vedul Palavajjhala Presents Innovative Research at University of Tennessee Conference

Sieving holding a papyrus fragment
3.31.25

William Sieving Presents on Papyrology at the Graduate Research Symposium

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3.26.25

WashU Classics Students Excel in CAMWS Sight Translation Exam

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3.25.25

Tom Van Denburgh Admitted to PhD Program in Classics at University of Michigan

3.24.25

WashU Classics Community Shines at CAMWS 2025

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3.17.25

WashU’s Lance Jenott to Represent U.S. at 2025 Coptic Summer School in Rome

3.11.25

John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics Announces first Recipients of Awards from the Suzanne Mizera and James Risch Fund for Student Research and Resources in Classics

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3.11.25

John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics Announces Recipients of the Penelope Biggs Travel Award

Elio Sun
3.11.25

Classics Major Elio Sun Receives Robert Lamberton and Susan Rotroff Award

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