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February 12, 2018

Sports Hall of Fame — Washington University welcomed its latest group of inductees into its Sports Hall of Fame with an event Feb. 2 at the Knight Executive Education Center. Among those honored were former women’s tennis coach and administrator Lynn Imergoot. Here, her granddaughter, Tamia Harris, takes a photo of her grandmother’s plaque. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

1978 men's soccer team — The 1978 men’s soccer team was inducted as a group into the university’s Sports Hall of Fame Feb. 2. Here, they pose as a group while some of their family members take pictures. Learn more about the Hall of Fame event on the Bear Sports website. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

Medical students study at the Bernard Becker Medical Library on Jan. 19. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Connie Gan, a first-year medical student, donates blood at the Red Cross blood drive on Jan. 30 at the Medical Campus. (Photo: Matt Miller/School of Medicine)

Mark Rollins (center), dean of University College in Arts & Sciences, takes a photo with Woman’s Club scholarship recipients Samantha Villaire and David Ochola at the organization’s scholarship luncheon Jan. 26. The Woman’s Club was established at the university in 1910 and began awarding small scholarships to University College students in 2010 as part of its centennial celebrations. (Photo: Gloria Lubowitz)

The second annual APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) Faculty and Staff Luncheon took place Feb. 2 in in Brown Hall Lounge. To learn more about the group, visit its website. (Photo courtesy of Jody Mitori)

From left: David Polzin, Heather Polzin and Suzann Fulbright talk with Elliot Head, a master’s candidate in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, during the MFA Open Studios Jan. 27. Sponsored by Women and the Kemper, the annual event offers a behind-the-scenes look at works from emerging artists in painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, combined media, installation and video. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University)

Lunar New Year — Students take part in the Lunar New Year Festival Feb. 2 in Edison Theatre. 2018 was the Year of the Dog. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Performance artist Tim Youd retypes “The Franchiser,” the fourth novel by Stanley Elkin, in Holmes Lounge Jan. 26. The project was sponsored by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis in conjunction with the exhibition “Tim Youd: St. Louis Retyped.” Elkin taught in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences from 1960 until his death in 1995. For more information, visit camstl.org. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

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