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April 30, 2021 SHARE Welcome back to Class Acts, a celebration of the Class of 2021. This week, we celebrate three graduating students who are leaders in research — Churchill Scholar Jessika Baral, Spencer T. Olin Fellow Chelsey Carter and U.S. Army veteran Alex Reiter. Jessika Baral leverages her expertise in biology and computer science to advance cancer research. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) It started back in middle school, when Jessika Baral got glasses and her dad was struggling with his cataracts.  “He suggested that we do eye exercises together,” Baral recall...

April 23, 2021 SHARE Welcome back to Class Acts, a celebration of the Class of 2021. Last week, we recognized The Makers. This week, we spotlight advocates Leah Wren Hardgrove, Logan Phillips and Alexis Tinoco, three seniors working to make a difference. Leah Hardgrove, a member of the track and field team, will work at Google to make products more accessible for people with disabilities. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Leah Wren Hardgrove came to Washington University in St. Louis with the desire to make the world a more accessible and inclusive place for people with disabili...

April 16, 2021 SHARE Welcome to Class Acts, a celebration of remarkable graduating students at Washington University in St. Louis. In our first installment, Class Acts showcases three incredible makers — artist Erin Lewis, who created a multidisciplinary “cancer tool kit” to capture her own experience with the disease; engineer Alex Levy, who led the design of WashU Racing’s Formula One car; and Noor Bekhiet, who founded a pop-up market for immigrant and refugee artists. In upcoming weeks, we will highlight graduating students who have made an impact through their advocacy, resea...

LYNDON CENTER — In our last Class Acts, we looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Lyndon Institute’s Dance and Music programs. This week, we examine our school’s other performing art — Drama. One of my favorite places on the Lyndon Institute campus is Alumni Auditorium. Aside from the colorful flags now lining the walls representing the 46 different native countries of students who have lived and studied at LI since our boarding program reopened, the space looks pretty much the same as when I was a student here over 30 years ago. When empty, the auditorium is a p...

Disagree with chairman sensenbrenner with his summation in what we have before us. i think they are dead wrong in their opinion on articles of impeachment. there are two articles. this is no way stealing an election. if donald trump is removed from office, the election of 2016 is not nullified. mike pence will be the president, and that's no walk in the park. it's the same policies, some of them may be even worse, maybe a little bit better ethics and morals and a little bit more civility, but as far as policies they'd be about the same. there's been a lot of discussion of what we've had here, ...