Who Knew WashU?

Question: How many pieces of artwork does the Kemper Art Museum have in its collection?

Answer: B) The Kemper Art Museum holds approximately 8,700 pieces in its collection, with particularly strong holdings in 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century European and American art. The museum also has a growing diversity of international art.


Congrats to this week’s winner, Rakhee Bhayani, MD, a professor at WashU Medicine, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!


Campus and community news

Brown School members recognized by Gerontological Society of America

The Brown School’s Vanessa Fabbre and Cal Halvorsen have been named 2025 Gerontological Society of America Fellows, while Nancy Morrow-Howell received the Barbara J. Berkman Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research, Practice or Policy in Aging and Health Care.

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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