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Class of 2024 video blogs capture college in time of COVID-19

For the fourth year, the Source asked a group of first-year students to track their first 40 days on campus, one second of video at a time. They captured walks on campus, Zoom classes and masks — lots and lots of masks. And previous vloggers shared how the COVID crisis has impacted their college careers.

Students

Past vloggers share how COVID-19 has changed their lives

In the past three years, eight students kept a video diary of their first days as first-year students. Find out what has changed for them in the past year.

Awards & Notables

Emergency Management receives full accreditation

Washington University in St. Louis’ Emergency Management Department has been awarded full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program, an accomplishment only eight universities in the country have achieved.

Campus & Facilities

Fall, winter WashU scenes available for Zoom

With so many university meetings and classes continuing to be held via Zoom, the Office of Public Affairs created a new set of WashU-themed virtual backgrounds with fall and winter themes for the community to use.

Sustainability

Virtual campus sustainability tour available

The Office of Sustainability has updated its virtual tour of campus sustainability features to include the various buildings and elements of the recently completed east end project.

Business & Entrepreneurship

Voter participation predicts compliance with social distancing

Americans who vote are more likely to practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic than people with a lower sense of civic duty — regardless of political affiliation, according to a new study involving Washington University in St. Louis.

Humanities & Society

Analyzing the syllabi gender gap

Female authors are underrepresented as sole and first authors and as members of authorship teams in readings for undergraduate college courses, finds a new analysis from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

According To A New Study, Patients Are Texting, Smoking, Or Tweeting During Appointments

To try to focus (and do their job or get their money’s worth!), patients and doctors both report techniques to minimize distraction including trying to close all the windows on their computer and putting their phone outside of their reach.

Students

Stepping up, leaning in

Andrew Whitaker, a two-sport athlete and a senior biomedical engineering major at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has spent his undergraduate career giving back.

Campus & Community

Fail Better with Celia McKee

When Celia McKee, a doctoral student studying neuroscience, revealed on Twitter that her grant had been rejected, she wasn’t looking for pity, but asking for honesty. Her message struck a chord: more than 225,500 users liked the viral post and 15,000 shared the message.