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MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement is 9 a.m. Friday, May 20

Washington University’s 161st Commencement is 9 a.m. Friday, May 20, on Francis Olympic Field. The university will award degrees to approximately 3,800 members of the Class of 2022, and Mae Jemison, MD, the first woman of color to become a NASA astronaut and to travel into space, will deliver the Commencement address.
Students

Student speakers to honor spirit of Class of 2022

Bryanna Brown (left) and Noor Ghanam
Commencement student speakers Bryanna Brown, of Atlanta, and Noor Ghanam, who has lived in cities across the globe, took different journeys to Washington University in St. Louis, but on Friday, May 20, both will converge on the stage at Francis Olympic Field to address their fellow members of the Class of 2022.
Neuroscience & Memory

Protein linked to intellectual disability has complex role

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown function for the fragile X protein, the loss of which is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability. The researchers showed that the protein modulates how neurons in the brain’s memory center process information, a central part of learning and memory.