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Question: Which influential text owned by Thomas Jefferson affected the founders’ views on religious liberty, according to the WashU course “1776, Then and Now”? *

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Helina Woldekiros

Helina Woldekiros was the first female Ethiopian archaeologist to earn a doctoral degree at an American institution. Now an associate professor of archaeology in WashU Arts & Sciences, she is exploring the culture of the kingdom that gave the world coffee.

A welcome instance of hope

Evidence from a small island in Indonesia points to the successful elimination of a parasitic worm that causes a devastating tropical disease.


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