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February 2021
Featured stories
Seeing beyond the application
Helping first-generation and low-income students means looking beyond applications and really figuring out the need.
Life in the time of COVID
In 2020, so much about what we know to be normal came to a grinding halt for the WashU community. One week in March, we’re looking ahead to spring break, and then suddenly it’s an unending hiatus. Yet the work of the university, and its families, goes on.
The most important work
WashU alumni are among the researchers working around-the-clock on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. They say they won’t rest until there are no more deaths from COVID-19.
Videos
What’s in a name?
Find out how Washington University got its name, and learn more about its founding, its mission and some of its pivotal leaders over the years.
Persevering through the pandemic
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin delivers his State of the University address and updates the campus community on the university’s resilience and perseverance.
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On the bookshelf
New book comes face to face with misdiagnosis
New York Times bestselling author Susannah Cahalan confronts her own journey with misdiagnosis in her latest publication, The Great Pretender.
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