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W&L's Warren Writes Introduction to Limited-Edition Book

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A fine-press, limited-edition collection of six short stories by Barry Lopez, the prize-winning American author, essayist and fiction writer, features an introduction by Jim Warren, the S. Blount Mason Jr. Professor of English at Washington and Lee.

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Kendré Barnes Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Panama

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Washington and Lee University senior Kendré Barnes, of Omaha, Neb., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Panama.

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Knapp, Conner Appointed to New Posts at W&L

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Washington and Lee University has announced new appointments in the University administration. Elizabeth Knapp, associate provost and associate professor of geology, will become senior assistant to the president and director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity. Marc Conner, the Jo M. and James M. Ballengee Professor of English, head of the English Department and director of Spring Term, will become associate provost.

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W&L's Medieval Renaissance Studies Program Presents "Commedia Meets Hamlet!? A Really Dumb Show"

The Medieval Renaissance Studies program at Washington and Lee is sponsoring "Commedia Meets Hamlet!? A Really Dumb Show" on Friday, May 3.

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New Group Aims to Expand Use of Digital Humanities at W&L

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A group of faculty and staff at Washington and Lee is focused on promoting the digital humanities at the University.

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"My Bright Abyss" by W&L Alumnus Christian Wiman '88

"My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer," the new book by Washington and Lee alumnus Christian Wiman, of the Class of 1988, was released earlier this month and has been garnering lots of attention in the press.

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W&L's Marc Conner on Shakespeare in Times-Dispatch

Marc Conner, the Ballangee Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, discussed the relevance of Shakespeare's works to our lives today in a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Sunday, April 21, 2013.

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Shenandoah Announces Three Annual Prizes

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Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Literary Review has announced prizes given for the best short story, essay and poem in a volume year.

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W&L Senior Max Chapnick Awarded Fulbright Grant

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Washington and Lee University senior Max Chapnick of White Plains, N.Y., has received a Creative Writing/Arts Fulbright grant to New Zealand and to the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, following his graduation in May.

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Duke Cancelmo Is Final Speaker in W&L's Good Life Series

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Richard P. “Duke” Cancelmo Jr., a partner with Bridgeway Capital, will be the final speaker in Washington and Lee’s yearlong “Questioning the Good Life” interdisciplinary seminar series on Thursday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons.

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