Who Knew WashU?
Question: Who earned the first PhD in the field of history at WashU?
Answer: D) Silas Bent McKinley, whose thesis is available at WashU Libraries. The Department of History in Arts & Sciences is celebrating 100 years of conferring doctoral degrees in 2026.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Therese Kaag, a staff member at WashU Medicine, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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WashU study could help manage air quality near power plants
WashU McKelvey Engineering’s Chi Li received a grant from NASA to fine-tune a tool that will be used to understand how weather and atmospheric conditions evolve over time.
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‘Let’s see where we can go’
Through the Bears Caucus, sponsored by the Office of Government & Community Relations, student and alumni ambassadors meet with lawmakers, share their personal stories and champion issues critical to the WashU community.
