Who Knew WashU?
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?
Answer: D) 38,000. Reflecting over three decades of work, the project explores the story of how the Founding Fathers built the institutions of the U.S. government and of those who served in the decades following ratification of the Constitution.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Erica Ellard, who works in Arts & Sciences and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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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.
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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.
