Who Knew WashU?
Question: Which influential text owned by Thomas Jefferson affected the founders’ views on religious liberty, according to the WashU course “1776, Then and Now”?
Answer: D) The Quran. The course included presentations by faculty from WashU and elsewhere. All are available online through the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Gerard Ochs, a staff member at WashU Libraries, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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WashU leaders selected for Focus St. Louis program
Three members of the WashU community have been selected for the 2026-27 cohort of Leadership St. Louis, a Focus St. Louis Program.
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