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Washington University in St. Louis will bestow honorary degrees on four pioneers and leaders in their respective fields during its 148th Commencement May 15. During the ceremony, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle, the university also will bestow more than 2,700 academic degrees on more than 2,600 students. Wendy Kopp, chief executive officer and founder of Teach For America, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree.

Washington University will bestow honorary degrees on four pioneers and leaders in their respective fields during its 148th Commencement May 15.

Courtesy PhotoThe Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum exhibit “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future,” the first retrospective to explore the complete career of the acclaimed Finnish-American architect of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, closes its St. Louis run Monday, April 27.

To reduce waste and share goods typically thrown away during campus and off-campus move-out with people in need, Washington University in St. Louis campus groups are organizing “Share Our Stuff” drop-offs on and off campus this spring and summer to benefit Operation Food Search, the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Lydia’s House.

WUSTL alumnus Dexter Fedor will examine “The Creative Life of a Walt Disney Executive From the Inside Out” during a talk at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at 3 p.m. Friday, April 24, in Steinberg Hall. Fedor is senior vice president of strategic marketing for the Walt Disney Studio, where he […]

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards, and two faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards. Distinguished Alumni Awards Rita […]

Photo by Joe AngelesCommunity is a major theme in the life and work of Jonathan M. Chase, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and director of the Tyson Research Center. As an ecologist, his niche is community ecology, and he is particularly interested in the processes that lead to variation in the numbers and types of species that live in a given site, and how that varies through space and time.

The spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in the Laboratory Sciences Building. Expected to feature more than 140 student presentations, the symposium allows undergraduates to showcase their research projects through posters and visual and oral presentations.

Photo by Joe AngelesThe mood was festive outside the William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center April 17 following the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the building’s dedication.

Photo by Joe AngelesSwimmer Alex Beyer is happy to oblige a fan with his autograph, as were members of the men’s basketball team assembled April 15 in the Field House to celebrate their respective national crowns.