Author: Susan Killenberg McGinn

Washington University’s 158th Commencement is 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 17, in Brookings Quadrangle. The university will award degrees to more than 3,160 undergraduate, graduate and professional students, and Michael R. Bloomberg, 108th mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, will give the Commencement address. This will be the last Commencement ceremony that Mark S. Wrighton will preside over as chancellor; his tenure concludes May 31 after 24 years at the helm.

Graduate: Terri Williams Home: Ferguson Degree: Master’s in American culture studies from University College in Arts & Sciences Terri Williams, 32, is an community activist, business owner and mother who returned to college to improve her skills a communicator and filmmaker. Terri and her husband, Chris, own Total Image Barber and Beauty in University City, […]

Barbara A. Schaal, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, received the 2019 National Science Board Public Service Award.

Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recognized six outstanding alumni during its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner, held April 25 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.

Washington University in St. Louis will award seven honorary degrees during its 158th Commencement May 17. During the ceremony, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus, the university will bestow academic degrees on approximately 3,400 members of the Class of 2019.

Five PhD candidates at Washington University in St. Louis were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education April 5-6 at Yale University.

Michael R. Bloomberg, 108th mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, will deliver the 2019 Commencement address May 17 at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Barbara A. Schaal, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences and the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, has announced her intention to step down as dean by the end of the 2019-20 academic year, according to Chancellor-elect Andrew D. Martin.

Mary B. Campbell, associate vice chancellor for real estate at Washington University in St. Louis, received the 4th annual Woman of Influence Award from the St. Louis chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) during its 14th annual Networking Awards.

During remarks today at Washington University in St. Louis’ fifth annual Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action, Chancellor-elect Andrew D. Martin announced the creation of a universitywide Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.