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September 16, 2020

Brookings Hall welcome — Brookings Hall was lit up with a welcome message for Convocation. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Graham Chapel-study pods — Crews work to install study pods Sept. 11 in Graham Chapel for use by WashU students during the fall semester. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

Olin Library study pods — Paul Sullivan of McAllister Inc. is part of crews working to install study pods Sept. 11 in Whispers Cafe in Olin Library. WashU students can use the spaces for remote learning or studying during the fall semester. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

architecture students work — William Kapp, a Sam Fox School graduate architecture student, works Sept. 8 to design a prototype while physically distancing at Steinberg Hall. (Photo: Devon Hill/Washington University)

graduate architecture students work — Ann Dang, a Sam Fox School graduate architecture student, works Sept. 8 on a prototype at Steinberg Hall, part of the school’s effort to create a safe environment for in-person learning during the pandemic. (Photo: Devon Hill/Washington University)

First Day of class fall 2020 — Shanti Parikh, associate professor in Arts & Sciences, teaches a class, reconfigured for safe distancing, in Wrighton Hall on Sept. 14, the first day of the fall semester for undergraduates. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

students studying — Students study outside Ridgley Hall on Sept. 14, the first day of the fall 2020 semester. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

First Day of class fall 2020 — Students take advantage of nice weather on the Danforth Campus on Sept. 14, the first day of the fall semester for undergraduates. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University).

first day-outside — Students enjoy the outside spaces of the Danforth Campus on Sept. 14, the first day of the fall semester for undergraduates. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

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