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Favorite moments from Commencement 2019

Every year, friends and family from around the globe convene in St. Louis to celebrate the immense achievement of those graduating with a degree from Washington University. Experience a few moments from the 2019 festivities.

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Plants, humans, and climate change: A conversation with Dean Barbara Schaal

Barbara Schaal, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and world-renowned evolutionary plant biologist, discusses the importance of basic research in a time of environmental change.

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Arts & Sciences in the News:

Structuring sweetness: What makes Stevia so sweet?

Alumnus scores dream job with St. Louis Blues

Sociologist Caitlyn Collins named 2019 Malkiel Scholar

What does war sound like? Todd Decker on the music of combat films

Michael Fogarty receives 2019 Grossman-Alexander Prize

A closer look at the most distant object ever explored

Carrying the banner: Meet the 2019 student marshals

Rediscovering St. Louis’s lung block

Michelle Purdy wins AERA new scholar history book award

What will you remember, and what's next?

Science Research Roundup: April 2019

The making of a presidential library

Class of 2021 Kling Fellows Announced

Olin Acquires a Valuable Resource for French Studies

Two faculty books examine food across time

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Reading revelation

Is there a difference between divine justice and divine retribution? Religious studies scholars Elaine Pagels and Laurie Maffly-Kipp discuss the Book of Revelation and how it has been interpreted across time, as well as the personal side of their writing and research.

How good is the US economy, really?

Ahead of the midterm elections, Steve Fazzari explores the current state of the economy and explains why widely cited unemployment and growth numbers don't give a full picture.

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WashU Expert: Unplugging Kate Smith

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African and African American Studies turns 50

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Chemist Wencewicz receives teacher-scholar award

Wencewicz Tim Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry...

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Geoff Childs discusses his research

Geoff Childs in the Department of Anthropology uses anthropological demography to explore what happens to a community when the majority of young people move out for education.

Mariel Ehrlich

Getting Lost—and Found—in Peru

Mariel Ehrlich, a junior who is double majoring in sociology and Latin American studies, talks about her time abroad in Lima, Peru and how studying Spanish has changed her perspective on what it means to be a global citizen.

Q&A with Hedy Lee

Hedy Lee, professor of sociology, studies the social determinants of population health and health disparities in the United States.

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Find your path, discover your major

Four students share their sometimes simple and sometimes meandering journeys to find their majors.

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Q&A with Andrew Butler

Andrew Butler, associate professor of education and of psychological and brain sciences, studies the malleability of memory.

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Seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown named Rhodes Scholars

ArtSci seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. The fellow Ervin Scholars are also sorority sisters and good friends.

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