WUSTL’s entry in Formula SAE, a student competition to
design and drive a Formula-style race car organized by the Society of
Automotive Engineers, was
unveiled May 7. The car did well in competition at the Michigan International Speedway — until the last event, where it lost its steering after the first lap of an endurance test.
View 2012 Commencement-related news releases, background on honorary degree recipients and a gallery of feature stories on some of our most interesting graduates. Commencement day coverage includes a celebratory slide show and a story on the speech by cartoonist Mike Peters.
Spontaneous bursts of joy broke out all day long on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis as the university held its 151st Commencement May 18 in Brookings Quadrangle. From the memorable speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Peters to the conferring of honorary degrees and singing of the “Alma Mater,” it was a day of smiles. A slideshow commemorates it all.
The transcript of Mike Peters’ 2012 Commencement address to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2012. Peters delivered the address to a crowd of more than 15,000 May 18 in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus.
Do what you love, and you will find success, said Mike Peters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, during the 151st Commencement ceremony at WUSTL. “Last night, all of the people who are getting honorary degrees, the thing that we all have together is we love what we do,” he told the crowd of approximately 15,000 gathered at Brookings Quadrangle May 18. Includes a video of Peters’ speech to the Class of 2012.
Beginning Wednesday, May 30, the Record shifts into its summer schedule. Look for weekly emails on in your inbox each Wednesday through the middle of August. The website, record.wustl.edu, will continue to be updated regularly daily. Have a great summer!
The Washington University in St. Louis-Fudan University Executive MBA program,
ranked second in mainland China by the Financial Times, will celebrate
its 10th anniversary May 25. Established in 2002 at Olin Business
School, the program was among the first U.S.-China joint MBA degree programs.
The transcript of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton’s address to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2012 at the 151st Commencement ceremony May 18.
Innate differences in immunity can be detected at birth, according to new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. First author Kaharu Sumino, MD, and her colleagues say babies with a better innate response to viruses have fewer respiratory illnesses in the first year of life.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will confer degrees at the 151st Commencement ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 18, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. The 2,760 candidates will receive 2,878 degrees, of which 1,450 are undergraduate and 1,428 are graduate and professional.
