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Senior Class President Varun Mehrotra’s message to graduates

Washington University in St. Louis Senior Class President Varun Mehrotra’s message to the graduating Class of 2014 can be found here.

Chancellor Wrighton’s message to the graduates

Read the full text of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton’s message to the graduates at Washington University in St. Louis’ 153rd Commencement ceremony May 16, 2014.

Campus & Community

‘Earn your own respect,’ La Russa tells graduates

Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa got personal with the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2014 at its 153rd Commencement ceremony May 16. “The essence of personalization,” he told the more than 14,000 graduates, parents, friends and family members gathered in the Quad, “is that you personalize your feelings about yourself. … Care about what you represent and what you think of you. And then you translate this to the people that you work with: respect, trust and care.”

Tony La Russa’s 2014 Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis

Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa’s remarks to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2014. The university’s 153rd Commencement ceremony was held Friday, May 16, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus.

Humanities & Society

Interdisciplinary efforts on economic fragility spark new book, May 28 policy discussion in D.C.

In an effort to study causes and find solutions, Washington University in St. Louis faculty from across disciplines are examining economic insecurity through the university’s Livable Lives Initiative. One of the products of this interdisciplinary collaboration is a new book, “Working and Living in the Shadow of Economic Fragility.”

Science & Technology

WUSTL to race wild strain of amoeba in World Dicty Race 2014

Biology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are placing their bets on the wild side as they prepare a pack of social amoeba for competition Friday, May 16, in the first-ever Dicty World Race, an international science competition that carries a $5,000 prize for the single-celled organism deemed to be the “smartest and fastest” in negotiating a microscopic maze.

Medicine & Health

Documentary about black, gay men with depression to be shown May 18 at history museum

Project ARK, with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s new media project, will mark National Prevention Week with a screening of the documentary “You Are Not Alone” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at the Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd., in Forest Park.

Humanities & Society

MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement is 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16

Washington University’s 153rd Commencement is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. The university will award 3,030 degrees to 2,899 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa will deliver the 2014 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree.

Medicine & Health

Antidepressant may slow Alzheimer’s disease

Antidepressants can reduce production of the main ingredient of Alzheimer’s brain plaques, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania. The plaques are highlighted in red in this image of a mouse’s brain.

Medicine & Health

IDEA Labs teams unveil medical innovations

Interdisciplinary student teams presented innovations designed to solve problems in health care at IDEA Labs’ Demo Day last month. Engineering student Matthew Burkhardt (seated) won a summer internship through the university’s Skandalaris Center to continue developing his team’s invention. His teammates are (from left) Yuni Teh, Katrina Leyden, Adina Stoica and Elizabeth Rosenberg.