Emergency communication system test planned March 4
Washington University will test its emergency communication system at 10 a.m. March 4. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.
Kastor featured on C-SPAN’s ‘Lectures in History’
Peter Kastor, the Samuel K. Eddy Professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences, was featured on C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History.”
Baseball finally integrates its record book
Gerald Early answers what the big deal is about including baseball stats from the Negro Leagues in Major League Baseball records.
New course studies the business of politics
With the specter of COVID-19 and daily twists and turns, last fall’s unusual presidential election served as an exciting live case study for a new Washington University course.
New book comes face to face with misdiagnosis
New York Times bestselling author Susannah Cahalan confronts her own journey with misdiagnosis in her latest publication, The Great Pretender.
Gun violence and human rights: Seeking a comprehensive solution
America’s insistence on gun rights is violating its citizens international human rights. Law experts talk about what the United States can do about the gun violence crisis.
WashU’s first-generation students have a network of support
Not only do low-income and first-generation students at WashU have a plethora of resources available to them, they also have supportive top administrators who understand exactly what the students are dealing with, because they’re first-generation too.
Seeing beyond the application
Helping first-generation and low-income students means looking beyond applications and really figuring out the need.
Persevering through the pandemic
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin delivers his State of the University address and updates the campus community on the university’s resilience and perseverance.
Life in the time of COVID
In 2020, so much about what we know to be normal came to a grinding halt for the WashU community. One week in March, we’re looking ahead to spring break, and then suddenly it’s an unending hiatus. Yet the work of the university, and its families, goes on.
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