1. Office of Public Affairs
Summer Internship Portfolio
Katy Przybylski
Hometown News Coordinator/Communications Intern
2. Notables
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28606.aspx
Toliver-Diallo appointed to University City Arts Commission
Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo, PhD, assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and
senior lecturer in African & African-American Studies, has been appointed to
University City’s Municipal Commission on Arts & Letters.
The Commission advises the City Council on artistic, cultural and scholarly
programs within University City. It is dedicated to “promoting the arts and making
art publicly visible and accessible to a broad and diverse community audience.”
Toliver-Diallo, who founded Washington University’s African Film Festival
(http://wupa.wustl.edu/africanfilm/), approached University City Mayor Shelley
Welsch in 2011 about organizing a series of outdoor movies during the summer
months. The “Movies in the Parks” series celebrates its fifth anniversary this
summer. After witnessing Toliver-Diallo’s initiative to create opportunities for
younger residents through the arts, Welsch invited her to serve on the arts
commission for a four-year term.
For more information about the University City Municipal Commission on Arts &
Letters, visit here.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28476.aspx
Stamps Scholars attend national convention in Atlanta
Ten WUSTL students were among the nearly 500 other Stamps Scholars from 41
universities across the nation in attendance at the Stamps Family Charitable
Foundation’s third national convention. The convention took place at the Georgia
Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia April 10-12.
Kailin Baechle, Candace Borders, Camille Borders, Alex Carsello, Allen Osgood,
Karthik Rohatgi, Grant Shillington, Jimmy Wang, Chase Wehrle, and Alex Zdonczyk
represented Washington University in a weekend designed to inspire the Stamps
Scholars to actively make a difference in their communities.
The weekend engaged students both socially and academically with programming
such as keynote speakers and professionally focused threads. On Friday evening, the
students gathered to listen to TED talks and research presentations put on by their
fellow Stamps Scholars. Throughout the weekend, students also got the chance to
3. hear from their own benefactors and founders of the Stamps Family Charitable
Foundation, Roe and Penny Stamps.
The prestigious Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholarship
partnered with Washington University in fall 2013. The scholarship rewards
exceptional students who exemplify leadership, perseverance, scholarship, service
and innovation. The merit-based scholarship helps to fund both the academic and
the outside-the-classroom experience. The Stamps Family Charitable Foundation
was recently named a recipient of the 2015 CASE Distinguished Service Award
honoring individuals and organizations for extraordinary service to the field of
education.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28611.aspx
Savoie to teach lighting class at international conference
Sean M. Savoie, senior lecturer in Drama and coordinator of the design-technical
theater program at Washington University in St. Louis, will teach a professional
development class at the Entertainment Technology New Zealand (ETNZ) 2015
Conference: Big Steps Forward.
ENTZ is an organization that recognizes and supports technicians and designers
working in the entertainment industry. The annual conference is open to anyone
with an interest in the technical side of theater or entertainment and includes
professional development sessions, seminar sessions and tradeshows.
Savoie will teach a class called “Projection in Lighting Design” on June 27th and 28th.
He currently serves as lighting designer, production manager and design
coordinator for the Performing Arts Department at Washington University, as well
as production manager for The Muny.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28555.aspx
Law’s Richards elected to Freedom to Read Foundation Board
Neil Richards, JD, professor of law at Washington University School of Law in St.
Louis, was one of six people elected to a two-year term on the Freedom to Read
Foundation Board of Trustees in April.
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is a nonprofit legal and educational
organization that protects both the First Amendment and the rights of libraries to
collect, and provide access to, information.
Richards’ academic and legal work focuses on First Amendment and privacy law. His
recent book “Intellectual Privacy” (Oxford University Press, 2015) stresses the
4. importance of free speech and privacy and explains the complex relationship
between these two areas of civil liberties.
“I firmly believe that libraries and their commitment to the intellectual freedom of
their patrons have been and must continue to be an essential part of our society’s
commitment to intellectual freedom,” Richards said in a statement for FTRF.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28472.aspx
Renewable energy certificate awarded
Cutline:
Robert Blankenship, PhD (back left), professor of chemistry and biology in Arts &
Sciences and director of the university’s Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center
(PARC), and Himadri Pakrasi, PhD (back right), professor of biology and director of
the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-
CARES) pose with the 2015 recipients of the Certificate in Renewable Energy and
the Environment.
Four students at Washington University in St. Louis successfully completed the
Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment this year and were recognized
at a luncheon April 27 at the Whittemore House.
The students who completed the program are (from left) Bruce Wittman, a May
graduate in chemistry in Arts & Sciences, Brandon Chang, also May graduate in
chemistry in Arts & Sciences, Allison Karp, a May graduate in biology in Arts &
Sciences, and Esther Koh, a junior studying finance in the Olin School of Business
(not pictured).
PARC and I-CARES award the Certificate in Renewable Energy and the Environment,
providing an opportunity for students to pursue interdisciplinary energy studies to
complement their major or minor coursework. The program combines academic
studies with educational experiences, such as outreach interaction, seminars, hands-
on research and networking opportunities.
For more information about the certificate, visit the PARC website.
(http://parc.wustl.edu/certificate)
Photo credit: Kevin Lowder/WUSTL
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28498.aspx
Music professor and former student featured in festivals this summer
Christopher Stark, assistant professor of music in the College of Arts & Sciences and
composer of contemporary classical music, has two notable performances coming
5. up this summer. Stark’s composition Ignation Exercises will be performed at both
the Artic Philharmonic in Norway and the Aspen Music Festival this August. For
more information, visit here.
Kelly Stathis, Bachelor of Music and former student of Stark, was accepted into the
Atlantic Music Festival Composition Program this summer, where she will have a
new piece premiered at the festival.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28623.aspx
Performing Arts’ McGinley receives award for book
Paige McGinley, assistant professor of performing arts, received the American
Theatre and Drama Society’s 2014 John W. Frick Award for the best book in
American theater and drama for her book, “Staging the Blues: From Tent Shows to
Tourism” (Duke University Press 2014).
McGinley’s research focuses on American theater in the twentieth century with an
emphasis on African American theater. “Staging the Blues,” her first book, explores
the theatrical history of blues performance and the racial politics that surround the
genre.
For more information, visit here.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28579.aspx
Hadley Honored for service
Robyn S. Hadley, associate vice chancellor for students and director of the John B.
Ervin Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was honored
by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Association with a 2015
Distinguished Service Medal. Hadley was one of three recipients recognized for
outstanding service to that university.
Hadley graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1985 and has since served on the
university’s Board of Visitors and its alumni association board.
Hadley started volunteering as an undergraduate, helping students to apply and
prepare for college, and she continued that work throughout her academic and
professional career. In 2005, her commitment to education led to the founding of the
“What’s After High School?” program in Burlington, N.C. Hadley has been recognized
by the White House and the U.S. Department of Education for her work in preparing
students for success after high school.
To learn more about Hadley or the Distinguished Service Medal, visit the UNC news
site.
6. http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28545.aspx
Gass awarded medal for novel
World-renowned author William H. Gass, PhD, the David May Distinguished
University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Washington University in St.
Louis, recently was awarded the William Dean Howells Medal for his novel “Middle
C.”
The medal is given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters once every five
years for the most distinguished American novel published during that time period.
Previous recipients include John Updike, Eudora Welty and William Faulkner.
Gass taught philosophy for 30 years at the university and also founded and directed
the International Writer’s Center, now known as The Center for the Humanities in
Arts & Sciences. Gass’ writing has received numerous awards and prizes, and he
continues to write prolifically today. “Middle C” is his 15th book.
For more information on Gass or the William Dean Howells Medal, visit theArts &
Sciences website.
http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/WashU-faculty-diversity-in-color-
2015.aspx
Faculty and staff celebrated in publication on diversity
On May 14th, a new publication, “Who’s Who Diversity in Color,” released its
inaugural edition to citizens of St. Louis. The publication highlights minorities from
the St. Louis region who have positively influenced their workplace or community.
Publisher Ericca Willis stated, “Our differences unite us; for when we can celebrate
that which separates from the norm, we add value to our cultural stance, both
individually and collectively.”
Eight faculty and staff members of Washington University in St. Louis were featured
in the publication. Those featured are:
LaTanya N. Buck, PhD, director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Virginia Braxs, senior lecturer in Spanish in the College of Arts & Sciences
Dedric Carter, PhD, associate provost and associate vice chancellor for
innovation and entrepreneurship
Denise Decou, diversity and inclusion leader at the School of Medicine
Andwele Jolly, manager of business operations for the Divisions of Allergy &
Immunology and of Rheumatology at the School of Medicine
Leah Anne Merrifield, assistant vice chancellor for community engagement
7. Jose Pineda, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of neurology and
director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program
Jason Purnell, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School
https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28623.aspx
Performing Arts’ McGinley receives award for book
Paige McGinley, assistant professor of performing arts in Arts& Sciencesat Washington
University inSt. Louis, receivedthe AmericanTheatre and Drama Society’s2014 JohnW.
Frick Award for the best book in American theater and drama for her book, “Staging the
Blues: From Tent Shows to Tourism” (Duke University Press2014).
McGinley’sresearchfocuseson American theater in the 20th century with an emphasis on
African-Americantheater. “Staging the Blues,” her first book, exploresthe theatricalhistory
of blues performance and the racial politicsthat surround the genre.
For more information, visit the PerformingArtsDepartment website.
https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/28644.aspx
Center for Humanities announces new grant recipients
The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciencesat Washington University inSt. Louis has
awarded grants to a number of faculty and graduate students for seminars or focusedreading
and writing groups for the 2015-2016academic year.
The grants can cover speakers, materialsor other expensesdirectly relatedto the groups’
success. The new awards issued for the upcoming academic year are:
Faculty seminar grants
“Memory and Violence,” convenedby AnikaWalke, PhD, assistant professor of
history, and Heidi Kolk, PhD, associate director of the AmericanCulture Studies
program, bothin Arts & Sciences. The three-year seminar will focuson the
intersectionbetween memory and violence asa point of convergence andinteraction
for humanities scholars, social scientists, artists and legal scholars.
Reading-group grants for faculty, graduate students
“Placing Space,” convenedby Anna-RebeccaNowicki, agraduate student in
Germanic languages and literatures, and Erika Rodriguez, a graduate student in
comparative literature. Thisreading group givesan overviewof spatial theory and its
historicalfunction in conjunction with close readings of canonicaltexts.
“Digital Approaches,” convenedby Kenny Gradert, John Ladd and Melanie Walsh, all
graduate students in English. This reading group will focuson projectsrelating to the
use of digital tools in humanities disciplines.
Writing-group grants for faculty, graduate students
8. “The Ancient Mediterranean World,” convenedby Roshan Abraham, PhD, assistant
professor of classicsand of religiousstudies; Karen Acton, PhD, assistant professor of
classics; Nathaniel Jones, PhD, assistant professor of art history and archaeology;
and RyanPlatte, PhD, assistant professor of classics, all in Arts& Sciences. The
writing group aims to create a common space for pre-modern scholars to share their
researchand collaborate in the study of the ancient Mediterranean region.
“MedievalColloquium,” convenedby Daniel Bornstein, PhD, the Stella Koetter
Darrow Professor of Catholic Studies; Jessica Rosenfeld, PhD, associate professor of
English; and Christian Schneider, PhD, assistant professor of German, all in Arts&
Sciences. Thisinterdisciplinary writing group of faculty and graduate students will
host speakersand present their own work.
The center also renewed another six awards. For information on applying for funding, visit
the center’swebsite.
Those interestedin joining a group should contact the appropriate conveners.
9. Asia Extra Supplement
Volunteer Spotlight
Paul Shao, MBA ‘13
Paul Shao’s “brilliant” experience with the Washington University-Fudan University
Executive MBA program fueled his desire to become the new Managing Director of
the program. “This is a program that has potential to grow further in China,” Shao
said. “As I have invested a lot of time in my own learning, I am confident I know this
program well enough to lead the program in China.”
Established in 2002, the program prepares senior-level professionals in China and
other parts of Asia for global leadership. Courses are taught mainly in English by
both Washington University and Fudan University faculty. Classes at held at Fudan
University’s School of Management in Shanghai.
Shao, a graduate with Class 11 in 2013, shared what drew him to the EMBA
Shanghai program: “I wanted to understand business management from a holistic
point of view, rather than a single standpoint of marketing.“
Shao began work with the newest class, class 14, in March. “The biggest challenge
for me is to set a bigger yet achievable vision for the program. The program has
been very successful for the past 13 years, so any effort to bring it to a next level
should be carefully evaluated.” Shao is spot on about the program’s success: in 2014,
the Financial Times ranked the program seventh best worldwide.
Asia Extra Notables
Two companies with WUSTL relations win Arch Grants
Arch Grants is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation that helps to create a more
robust startup culture in St. Louis. Two business startups with direct ties to
Washington University in St. Louis have each received $50,000 from Arch Grant’s
Global Startup Competition to help their companies flourish in their native city.
Pratim Biswas, PhD, the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor and chair of the
Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering &
Applied Science, along with doctoral students Jiaxi Fang and Tandeep Chadha,
founded a business called Applied Particle Technology (APT) in 2014. APT provides
air treatment systems in environments that require high efficiency removal of
particles. The system’s innovative filtration technology can also inactivate
pathogens and remove toxic fumes and odors.
10. Alumni of the university Matthew Homann (JD ’93) and Kyle Tabor (MBA ’13)
founded a vastly different service called Invisible Girlfriend helping users avoid the
“social stigma of being single.” Customers can choose their significant other’s name,
age, and interests. Employees from the company then text the customers, simulating
conversations that customers can use as proof of the relationship to show to their
family and friends.
New Master of Social Policy and Master of Arts Dual Degree Offered by WUSTL
and Fudan University
Students will soon have the opportunity to gain a global perspective on social and
policy issues through a partnership between Washington University in St. Louis and
Fudan University. Graduates of the new dual-degree program will receive a Master
of Arts in a specific field from Fudan University’s School of Social Development and
Public Policy and a Master of Social Policy from Washington University’s Brown
School.
The program’s combination of training in a specific discipline and development of
skills in social policy analysis ensures that graduates have the necessary knowledge
to advance social welfare and implement policy change. Students will study in-
residence at the Brown School for twelve months and complete six additional
courses at Fudan University.
Engineering’s Lu named inaugural Fullgraf Professor
Chenyang Lu, PhD, professor of computer science and engineering in the School of
Engineering & Applied Science, has been named the inaugural Fullgraf Professor at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Lu’s endowed position was made possible by a gift from Charles M. Fullgraf, a
Washington University alumnus who had a long career as an engineer, researcher,
division manager, group vice president and director for Procter & Gamble. Fullgraf
was an innovative researcher and business leader and an honored alumnus of the
university, receiving both a Distinguished Alumni Award and an Alumni
Achievement Award.
Lu’s research interests include real-time systems, wireless sensor networks and
cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things and their applications in areas
including health care, resilient civil infrastructure and smart homes. He also directs
the Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (CPSL) at Washington University. Lu has
made numerous pioneering contributions to the field of wireless health, including
the development of one of the world’s first large-scale clinical monitoring systems
that uses wireless sensors to collect vital signs from hospital patients.
First U.S.-India joint EMBA program begins
11. Washington University in St. Louis and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
(IIT Bombay) partnered to create the Executive MBA program in Mumbai, India. The
18-month program began April 22nd, 2015 and is the only one in the world to
confer a degree from both an Indian and an American university.
The program is modeled after Washington University's joint EMBA program
with Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Students are senior-level working
professionals that can apply the knowledge gained from the program to their
companies in real time. Courses are taught four days per month by world-
renowned faculty from IIT Bombay's Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management and
Washington University's Olin Business School. The program ends with a two-week
capstone experience at Washington University.
Engineering’s Genin receives prestigious award from Chinese government
Guy M. Genin, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering
& Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named a Yangtze
River Scholar by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.
This is the highest award given to an individual in higher education by the country’s
Ministry of Education. Genin will receive the title of Yangtze River Chaired Professor
at Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi’an, China and a monetary prize valued at nearly $1
million in U.S. dollars. The award will also allow expansion of the collaboration
between Xi’an Jiaotong University and Washington University. Only a handful of
people who were not born in China have ever been honored with this prestigious
award.
Researchers’ plans for Nepal altered after earthquake
Three Washington University in St. Louis researchers have put their studies on hold
to focus on relief after the devastating earthquake hit Nepal in April.
Geoff Childs, PhD, associate professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, and E.A.
Quinn, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology, were scheduled to fly to Nepal just
days after the quake hit. They intended to begin five weeks of field research on how
life at high altitudes influences infant health and development.
Shanta Pandey, PhD, professor at the Brown School and a native of Nepal, was in
Kathmandu on April 25 when the initial quake hit. She was in Nepal to make a
conference presentation on ways to engage the community to empower women in
Nepal.
Pandey boarded a flight for home five days after the quake, and Childs and Quinn
have postponed their research until November 2015.
12. “I’d love to be there for them, but right now, the last thing they need is another
foreigner to house, another mouth to feed,” Childs said.
Instead, the researchers are putting their time into relief efforts for the country.
Pandey encourages supporting non-governmental organizations with staff in Nepal,
such as the United Nation’s Population Fund or the American Nepal Medical
Foundation. Childs has been working with Nepal Seeds, a nonprofit group that he
co-founded years ago.
13. Washington People Profiles
Washington People: Andy Maus
Fromthe mailroomto the medical school
For undergraduates, receiving an e-mail or text message with “You have received a
package,” in the subject line can be enough to brighten even the worst case of
Monday blues.
Andy Maus was the man behind those messages.
From January 2012 through June of this year, Maus, 27, worked in the South 40
mailroom located in Hitzeman Hall on the campus of Washington University in St.
Louis, where he received, organized and shelved packages for freshman and
sophomore students. He took over the e-mail and text message alert system after
about a year, when he said his boss, Peggy Smith, realized he actually knew how to
use a computer.
With control over the alert system, Maus could personalize his messages to remind
students to bundle up during winter months or let them know he was scanning after
hours if they still wanted their packages. His favorite part of the job had nothing to
do with the mail or the computers, however.
“After starting, I quickly realized that I saw thousands of people a day at peak times.
It was great! I loved getting to talk to students — it kept me feeling young after I
graduated,” Maus said with a laugh.
Maus graduated from the University of Missouri in December of 2010, where he
earned his bachelor’s degree in biology while playing baritone in the marching band
and throwing around a football with his friends on weekends.
Working in the South 40 mailroom wasn’t his first stop after studying his organic
chemistry books, however. After graduating from Mizzou, Maus took a job at
Monsanto in February 2011 before settling in later that year at the McDonnell
Genome Institute, where he says he operated a genome-sequencing machine.
So how did he go from DNA analysis to weighing packages?
Although Maus was one of the lucky undergraduates to get a job in his field of
interest after graduation, recession and budget cuts soon got the best of him. He
searched for another biology related job, but when nothing turned up, he
reconsidered his options.
14. “A lot of my family work for WashU — my uncle and aunt work here, my sister
works at the medical school and my dad works in purchasing,” he said.
Maus’ father, Gary Maus, contract manager liaison for purchasing services, told him
about the open position in the South 40 mailroom. Though it was vastly different
from what he had previously done, Maus applied for the job.
“The best part about working for the university is the benefits,” Maus said. “It was
either start all over somewhere else, or take a job that wasn’t necessarily what I was
interested in and keep my benefits.”
In January 2012, Maus officially swapped his lab coat for his mailroom uniform. He
remained positive, however. “I’ve never had a job — and I’ve had some weird jobs—
that I didn’t enjoy doing. The first job I ever had was pushing carts at Sam’s Club,
and I loved it. If I could make a career out of pushing carts, I would do it.”
Although it wasn’t quite Sam’s Club and nothing like the Genome Institute, Maus
ended up loving the South 40 mailroom.
“I was like Santa Claus every day of the year,” he said, ”Everyone loves getting
packages.”
Maus gave students more than just care-packages from their parents, however.
Being only a few years out of college himself, Maus tried to offer as much advice to
students as he could.
“Number one: Don’t be so cocky,” he said. “I’m pretty blunt about that. Now that
you’re here, you’re one of 8,000 other kids just like you. You’re not that special.”
Most of all, though, Maus wanted students to enjoy the time they have here.
“You know, you can study your books, but also try and have some fun, too,” he said.
“I always try to harp on that, as much as I don’t think parents would like it. You have
to have someone telling you that—it’s much more about the experience than
anything else.”
While Maus has enjoyed his time in the mailroom, this past June he returned to his
undergraduate roots when he was offered a position as a clinical research
coordinator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
According to Maus, he works under “the man in multiple myleloma,” Ravi Vij, MD,
MBA professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology and a medical oncologist
with Siteman Cancer Center.
15. Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer. Unfortunately, so far it
is incurable. However, researchers like Vij have been working towards advances in
therapy to prolong and improve the quality of patients’ lives.
Dr Vij and his colleagues are overseeing a multitude of different types of clinical
trials for patients with multiple myeloma. After patients are diagnosed with multiple
myeloma, they are referred to Maus, who presents and explains the different studies
they qualify for. After that, Maus is responsible for making sure patients get all their
blood work done and attend all their appointments.
“Just like in the mailroom, interacting with people is the best part of the job for me,”
he said. “I go in and talk to patients about the general procedure, but the rest of the
time I just sit and joke around with them. They don’t want to just be a patient
number; they want to be a person. So that’s how I treat them.”
Maus says he’s thoroughly enjoying the job and leaves work every day feeling
positive that he impacted someone’s life. But he can still commiserate with students
on their pre-med tracks.
“Right now I feel like I don’t know anything—but that just comes with being new,”
he said. “I’ll learn more. I just need to go back to my biology textbooks.”
Incoming freshmen who have yet to receive Maus’ wisdom and upperclassmen who
have formed close friendships with the “big brother of the mailroom” shouldn’t get
discouraged at Maus’s absence—he might even be back to talk about his research in
the fall.
“I’m going to miss the students,” he said. “I’m going to miss the job. But I’ll be back
in August. After hours, when I get off work at 9 o’clock, maybe I’ll drive down and
scan packages. You guys will always be buying stuff, and no one else wants to come
in after hours. But I’d love to.”
16. Hometown News
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HEADLINE: FIRST MIDDLE LAST earns undergraduate degree from Washington
University in St. Louis
FIRST MIDDLE LAST, PARENT RELATION of PARENTS’ NAMES of CITY, STATE
(ZIP), earned an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis on
May 15. LAST graduated LATIN HONORS with a DEGREE in MAJOR/MINOR.
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LAST was among the more than 2,800 students who received degrees at the
university's 154rd Commencement ceremony, which was held in Brookings
Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, who has
directed and produced some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever
made, delivered the Commencement address. Burns, referred to by The New York
Times as "the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation,"
received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from the university.
LAST graduated from HIGH SCHOOL in HIGH SCHOOL GRAD YEAR.
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than 120 nations. The total student body is more than 14,000 undergraduate,
graduate and professional students.
The approximately 3,400 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Brown
School of Social Work, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts,
School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine.
Twenty-four Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University,
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