Washington University in St. Louis

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Friday, Sept. 3, 2021

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Events

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Skandalaris Center open house

10 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3

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University blood drive

9 a.m.–6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7

7

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School-based suicide prevention strategies presentation

12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7

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WashU in the News

Another hidden COVID risk: lingering kidney problems


The New York Times


Cutting air pollution levels could raise life expectancy by two years


The Hill


Cardiac arrest? Someday, drones may come to save you


U.S. News & World Report | Healthday


A kid’s dream come true — video games as medicine


Marketplace Tech


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Who Knew WashU?

Question: The university’s Class of 2025 is its largest and most diverse. But how many students graduated during WashU’s first Commencement ceremony in 1862?

Answer: D) 5. The first five graduates were: Henry Anderson, twins Charles and Henry Branch, Thomas Lamb Eliot (son of university co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot Jr.), and Regis Chauvenet (son of William Chauvenet, chair of mathematics and astronomy and chancellor from 1862-69).


Congrats to this week’s winner, Lin Zhang, who works at the School of Medicine and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!