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- Amy E. Wright Receives Honorable Mention for MLA's Katherine Singer Kovacs PrizeSaint 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.
- SLU Professor and Author Jonathan Sawday Wins MLA's Prestigious James Russell Lowell PrizeSaint Louis University's Jonathan Sawday, Ph.D., has received the James Russell Lowell Prize for the most outstanding book published in 2023.
- University Core Honors Ignite InstructorsShannon Cooper-Sadlo, Ph.D. (Social Work), and Meadow Campbell, Ph.D. (Center for Anatomical Science and Education) were recognized for their work in teaching Ignite seminars. Cooper-Sadlo won for her Spring 2024 seminar entitled, “Conversations with a Mom, but not Your Mom.” Campbell was the Fall 2024 winner for her seminar entitled “Dissecting a Timeline: Anatomy Through the Ages.”
- Sam Fox: 1929-2024Sam 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.
- SLU Primary Care Sports Physician Explains the Concussion Gender GapJamil Neme, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at SLU’s School of Medicine and director of the Concussion Clinic at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, said structural brain differences might explain why women and girls are more prone to concussions and experience longer recovery from injuries than men and boys.
