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Missionaries’ daughter studies ‘bad girls’ of Japanese literature

Five individuals received the Graduate Student Senate’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards at an April 8 ceremony.

STARS program

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Jonathan Knight is director of the office of academic freedom, tenure and governance in the national office of the American Association of University Professors.

Since its founding in 1970, the Manhattan-based dance company has commissioned more than 70 works inspired by Hispanic music and dance.

Softball team ties school wins mark

Campus Watch

At a formal installation on April 3, Stuart A. Solin, professor of physics, became the inaugural holder of the Charles M. Hohenberg Professorship of Experimental Physics in Arts & Sciences. The ceremony, which was held in Holmes Lounge, featured remarks from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Chairman of the Board of Trustees John F. McDonnell. Also present to commemorate the occasion was Charles M. Hohenberg, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, who, with his mother, Alice, made the gift to Washington University in memory of his father.

From a former U.S. secretary of state to a former head of a university, the six notable people selected to receive honorary degrees from Washington University in St. Louis at its 142nd Commencement all stand out in their respective fields. During the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. May 16 in Brookings Quadrangle, the university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 2,300 students. Madeleine K. Albright, Ph.D., former U.S. secretary of state, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree.