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.

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 […]

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.
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