Who Knew WashU?

Kastor government database
Question: Historian Peter Kastor, in Arts & Sciences, launched the digital American history project “Creating a Federal Government, 1789-1829” this year. Roughly how many federal employees’ records are included? *

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Scott named to Poets & Quants’ ‘Best 40-under-40 MBA Professors’

Sydney E. Scott, an associate professor of marketing at Olin Business School, has been named one of Poets & Quants’ “Best 40-under-40 MBA Professors” for 2025.

Field Notes: South Pacific

WashU earth scientists in Arts & Sciences are mapping Earth’s interior and analyzing lava rocks from a volcanic hotspot near the islands of Samoa.


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