#DecYourDigs winners offer a peek inside their winning rooms
Color, collages and comfort — those characteristics identify the winning rooms in the 2019 #DecYourDigs room-decorating contest sponsored by the Office of Residential Life. Here, The Record takes a peek at some of the coolest rooms on the South 40.
Teaching emergency medicine in Sierra Leone
McKelvey School of Engineering student Zach Eisner traveled to Sierra Leone, a nation with no emergency medicine, to teach 1,000 residents how to stop bleeding, conduct CPR, splint a broken bone and transport an injury victim on a motorcycle. “The taxi driver, the teacher, the person on the street — these are the people who, with the right training and support, can save lives,” Eisner said.
Connecting veterans to personalized care
Undergraduates in the Medicine and Society program in Arts & Sciences are helping St. Louis veterans create a version of their life story to be included in their official medical file. The innovative program is taking off around the nation.
Washington University gains valuable insight into ongoing challenges of sexual assault and misconduct
Sexual assault and misconduct remain difficult problems on college campuses across the United States, according to a newly released survey of students from a sampling of the nation’s colleges and universities, including Washington University.
The Norton Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales
Available as both a portable paperback volume and an enhanced digital edition, this complete collection of The Norton Chaucer: Canterbury Tales is meticulously glossed and annotated. With access to the ground-breaking Reading Chaucer Tutorial included in every new copy, this volume delivers unmatched support and value. An accessible text in the trusted Norton Anthology format A new generation […]
Dear diary: New students keep video journals of first days on campus
For the third straight year, The Source has asked some first-year students at Washington University in St. Louis to capture a second of video every day as they begin their college careers. The project began Aug. 17, the day they moved in to the South 40.
What’s new with past first-year vloggers?
In the past two years, five students kept a video diary of their first days as first-year students. Find out what has changed for them in the past year.
Academy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion celebrates first year
The Academy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion launched with a full staff at the start of this academic year. On Sept. 20, the academy held an event to celebrate its initial engagements and to look ahead to the work that remains to be done.
TEDx WashU Max Klapow
Max Klapow is a William H. Danforth Scholar and research assistant in the Diversity Sciences Lab. The Class of 2021 Arts & Sciences student presented at TEDxWUSTL about radical empathy in April 2019.
Tigers, Fairies, and Gods
Enchanting Folktales from Korea
This book is for Korean language learners who want to improve their proficiency while learning about Korean culture. Reading the folktales in this book, students will gain a deeper understanding of Korean culture and improve their communication skills in the language. This accessible book is suitable for a range of levels, from beginners to more advanced learners.
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