Images from Commencement 2004
More than 2,500 graduates and 10,000 of their friends and family members gathered under a sweltering morning sun for Washington University’s 143rd Commencement May 21. A total of 2,589 degrees were conferred, along with six honorary degrees, and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman delivered the Commencement address.
Friedman to WUSTL Class of 2004: You have the responsibility to imagine
Photo by Joe Angeles/WUSTL photoThomas L. Friedman delivers his Commencement address, titled “Imagination.”Two dates — one good and one bad — have influenced the lives of this year’s graduates. Now they need to apply the lessons learned from both to their own lives.
Campus Watch
There is no Campus Watch section in this issue of the Record.
Physician-scientists elected to prestigious research organization
The American Society for Clinical Investigation has honored Daniel Brennan, David Holtzman, Barry Sleckman and Dwight Towler.
A visionary leader
With Brookings Hall standing sentinel in the spring sun, then-University Chancellor Thomas H. Eliot presented an aspiring young scientist his bachelor’s degree 36 years ago. After a 30-year career as an internationally renowned pediatric geneticist, Larry J. Shapiro, M.D., came full circle when he returned home to Washington University last summer to assume the positions […]
Track and field sets three school records
The track and field team competed at the Dr. Keeler Invitational, hosted by North Central College May 14 in Naperville, Ill. WUSTL set three school records on the day, two of which came from the women. Junior Hallie Hutchens placed second in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a school-record 14.47 seconds. The mark is only 4/100 […]
Employee Appreciation Picnic June 11
Music, games, prizes and Ted Drewes frozen treats will be included in the event from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Hudlin Park.
Gallery of graduates
From running with the bulls in Spain to patenting impressive technology, read about the feats of some of the University’s graduates.
Cox basks in opportunities provided by WUSTL
He double-majored, double-minored, maintained a 3.95 GPA and worked several part-time jobs to make ends meet.
Spinal cord injury patient makes great strides
courtesy photoOscar Segovia works with physical therapist Cassandra Pate at the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis.After Oscar Segovia was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle home from work, he was determined to walk again.
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