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Campus & Community

Driving Discovery: Launching a new era of scientific research

A new era of scientific discovery is being launched at Washington University in St. Louis that will transform teaching, research, faculty and facilities in Arts & Sciences. Driving Discovery is an ambitious multiphase project in Arts & Sciences that will create new research and teaching facilities for the sciences.

Record moves to summer schedule

Monday, May 23, marks the last daily Record of the 2015-16 academic year. The next issue will be published Wednesday, June 1, and then generally twice weekly through the summer. Visit the Source for the latest news between issues.

Chancellor Wrighton’s message to the Class of 2016

Mark Wrighton
“To quote the late Steve Jobs: ‘You can do it. Don’t be afraid.’ Today is your commencement marking your start to making the world better,” said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, to the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2016. “Thank you for taking up this challenge!”
Advancement

‘Find a way to get in the way,’ Lewis urges students

More than 2,900 graduates and 12,000 family and university members gathered in Brookings Quadrangle to celebrate the 155th Commencement ceremony May 20. “You must leave here and get in the way,” U.S. Rep. John Lewis told the graduates. “When you see something that is not fair, not right, not just, you must have the courage to stand up, to speak up and find a way to get in the way.”
Campus & Community

Celebrating the Class of 2016

Commencement scene
This morning, more than 2,900 Washington University in St. Louis undergraduate, graduate and professional students will enter Brookings Quadrangle as degree candidates and leave as graduates after Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton confers their degrees.