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July 18, 2017

a young black woman with glasses presents a poster to a blonde judge in a bright hallway — Skyla Owens (left), a participant of the Girls Inc. Eureka! Program, discusses her poster on Silicon Valley entrepreneur Angela Benton. The poster session on black females in STEM was held July 12 at Washington University. (Photo courtesy of Myra Lopez)

In a slanted photo, a girl sits on the floor next to a curved facade of a building, sketching in a book. — As part of the Sam Fox School’s summer program in Barcelona, Spain, an intensive eight-week course that includes a design studio in the Gothic quarter, an architecture student sits to sketch the structures of the city. (Photo: Adrian Luchini, Sam Fox School)

a hand holds a sketchbook with a rough drawing in red ink up to the inside of a cathedral, which it depicts. — An architecture student compares a sketch with its subject, one of Barcelona’s many magnificent cathedrals. (Photo courtesy of the Sam Fox School)

13 people stand for a group photo behind a cart full of orange bags — On July 14, Sam Fox School employees volunteered with Operation Food Search, a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating hunger in the St. Louis region. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Schlaifer)

east end construction work — Construction work continues on the east end of the Danforth Campus July 14. Keep up with the latest on the construction project. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

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Announcements

Recycle election yard signs on campus

New award funds use, creation of open educational resources

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Notables

WashU again recognized as bike-friendly university

Yuan named Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor

Byrne featured in ‘Volcano Worlds’

Obituaries

Hylarie McMahon, professor emerita, artist, 94

Karen Daubert, assistant vice chancellor at University MarComm, 63

T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery, 77

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