The View From Here 3.7.16

By Kelly Wiese Niemeyer March 7, 2016

students work on engineering challenge — About 125 high school girls took part in Women in STEM Day at Washington University Feb. 27, 2016. The students watched cutting-edge science demonstrations, heard from female engineers and participated in a design challenge. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

student projects judged — Organizer Amritha Gourisankar, a junior in biomedical engineering at the School of Engineering & Applied Science, judges “earthquake-proof” structures made from uncooked spaghetti, coffee stirrers and Play-Doh. (Sid Hastings/Washington University)

two men talking — Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth (left) visits with Timothy Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, March 2. Dolan returned to his hometown of St. Louis to deliver a public lecture sponsored by the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

people chat at a table — Board of Trustees member John Dains (right) chats with students Lauren Chase and Robbie Steirn, both juniors, as part of Student Trustee Day March 3, 2016. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

The Art on Campus installation of photographs by artist Ann Hamilton was celebrated March 2, 2016. Hamilton’s work, ONEEVERYONE, consists of 33 panels hung in Hillman Hall. For more information on the project, visit https://source.washu.edu/2015/10/art-on-campus-ann-hamilton/ (Photo: Danny Reise/Washington University)

man and woman chat — Mary McKernan McKay, incoming dean of the Brown School, chats with Provost Holden Thorp during McKay’s welcome reception Feb. 26, 2016, in Hillman Hall. McKay begins her tenure as dean July 1. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

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