Author: Susan Killenberg McGinn

Washington University’s 155th Commencement is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, in Brookings Quadrangle. The university will award 3,117 degrees to 2,970 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The university also will bestow honorary degrees on five individuals.

At its spring meeting May 6, the Board of Trustees elected six new members and re-elected eight members and its current officers, among other action, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Fair Saint Louis​ will held in Forest Park July 2-4 for the third year in a row. In the spirit of community partnership, and given the proximity of the park to campus, Washington University has once again agreed to sponsor Fair Saint Louis by providing access to several campus parking areas during the fair, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 1.

Applications are now being accepted for student, faculty and staff volunteers to help support the presidential debate Sunday, Oct. 9, at Washington University in St. Louis. Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. June 17.

Washington University in St. Louis will award five honorary degrees during the university’s 155th Commencement May 20. 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 2,800 members of the Class of 2016.

As people across the globe celebrate Earth day April 22, Washington University in St. Louis recognizes its sustainability achievements over the past five years and lays out its sustainability goals for the next five years.

Mark Rollins, professor of philosophy and chair of the Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named dean of University College, the professional and continuing education division of Arts & Sciences.

Arts & Sciences recognized six alumni for their achievements, leadership and support during its 19th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony.

Three doctoral candidates were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at the annual Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education April 1-2 at Yale University.

U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, considered one of the most courageous and influential leaders in the civil rights movement, will give the 2016 Commencement address.