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Humanities & Society

A new home for humanists

In the first graduate studiolab, “Freedom | Information | Acts,” students are comparing interviews filmed for the iconic civil rights chronicle Eyes on the Prize to roughly contemporaneous interviews. In doing so, they’re thinking through how we tell the civil rights story — and how that might impact our understanding of the current political moment.
The Lewis Collaborative — a reinvention of a century-old U. City landmark — and a new “studiolab” model are reshaping humanities education at WashU.
Advancement

Advancing new knowledge and new leaders

Alumnus Gaurav Garg and his wife, Komal Shah, help forward the university’s mission by serving in numerous leadership roles, and generously supporting student scholarships and transformative faculty research.
Marketing

The business of cannabis

Peter Vogel is the founder of Leafwire, a growing online network that is connecting folks in the cannabis industry.
Climate & Environment

Something’s up

Professors Rajan Chakrabarty and Randall Martin study PM2.5, leading global ­environmental risk factor for mortality.
Rajan Chakrabarty and Randall Martin research fine particulate matter, trying to create a complete picture of the world’s leading cause of environment-related diseases.