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Sam Fox School faculty projects secure more than $250,000 in research funding

Cross-disciplinary research in collaboration with peers across WashU explores green infrastructure, logistics, heart failure, dementia, and more.

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Ahrens named Chair of Graduate Architecture

Associate Professor Chandler Ahrens has been named chair of graduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis

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Dowd to chair undergraduate design for 2025-26 academic year

Professor D.B. Dowd will chair undergraduate design at WashU’s Sam Fox School effective July 1, 2025, for a one-year term.

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Sam Fox School welcomes new faculty in architecture, interaction design

Rayshad Dorsey and Luiz Ludwig will join the Sam Fox School as assistant professors in the 2025-26 academic year.

Two portraits. On the left is Rayshad Dorsey. On the right is Luiz Ludwig.

Cross-disciplinary research in collaboration with peers across WashU explores green infrastructure, logistics, heart failure, dementia, and more.

Associate Professor Chandler Ahrens has been named chair of graduate architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis

Professor D.B. Dowd will chair undergraduate design at WashU’s Sam Fox School effective July 1, 2025, for a one-year term.

Rayshad Dorsey and Luiz Ludwig will join the Sam Fox School as assistant professors in the 2025-26 academic year.

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Fall 2023 Fox Fridays Workshops

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MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture Exhibition Opens April 29

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WashU’s 94th Annual Fashion Design Show Set for April 22

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The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition to open April 8

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Mar 3, 2023 • Events

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Announces 2023 Awards for Distinction

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