Announcing the Year of International Human Rights 2009-10: The Right to Food and Water
The College of Arts & Sciences is dedicating the 2009-10 academic year to human rights issues associated with food and water. Visit the YIHR website to learn more about this special year and to stay abreast of upcoming events and activities.

For more information on international human rights, see the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration’s Article 25.1 states that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…”

Dr. Johannes Pollack Joins Vienna Faculty
Arts & Sciences welcomes Dr. Johannes Pollack, who has joined the Vienna campus as a senior research professor. Previously, Pollack was a senior research fellow at the Institute for European Integration Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Students in the News
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Study Online with A&S
Webster’s online courses provide high-quality educational options–and you won’t have to quit your day job to enroll. The College of Arts & Sciences offers online master’s programs in environmental management, gerontology, and international relations, and a wide variety of online undergraduate courses.

Advisory Board’s Sherman Silber Featured in the Beacon
Fertility expert and A&S Advisory Board member Sherman Silber, M.D., was featured recently in an article in the online St. Louis Beacon.

Follow the Dean on Twitter…
David Carl Wilson, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, has joined Twitter. View the dean’s tweets–and consider following him.

…and Become an A&S Fan on Facebook
You can also use the icons at the bottom of the page to access Dean Wilson’s comments on Twitter and A&S on Facebook.

Recent Books by A&S Faculty
Arts & Sciences faculty examine the issues, from the German criminal justice system to the psychology behind the foreign exchange market.