Who Knew WashU?
Question: The Holocaust Memorial Lecture has been held annually since 1989. Why does it take place in November?
Answer: A) The chancellor-appointed committee, along with Student Union, recommended that the event be held around Nov. 9 to coincide with Kristallnacht (which translates to “Night of Broken Glass”), when Jewish properties were vandalized and burned, and many Jewish people were killed, in Germany.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Justin Kransdorf, a McKelvey School of Engineering alumnus, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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Senior Young was a Rhodes Scholar finalist
Washington University in St. Louis senior Kennedy Young was a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She has devoted her years at Washington University to studying the history of mass incarceration and working directly with those in the prison system today.
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