Who Knew WashU?
Question: The WashU Class of 2030 has many different strengths and accomplishments. But a number of them share a name. What is the most common male name among first-year students?
Answer: D) William. There are 18 Williams in the class. Olivia is the most common female name, with 13.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Megan Luechtefeld, who works at the University Services Center and will receive an “I Knew WashU” prize!
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Hester Blum follows literary questions beyond the archive and into the environments that shaped them. A leading scholar of environmental humanities, Blum is the Lynne Cooper Harvey Distinguished Professor of English in WashU Arts & Sciences.
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