Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to a packed crowd of over 3,000 community members, students, teachers, and alumni in the Athletic Complex last Wednesday, Sept. 9. She entered and left to a standing ovation and frequently had to pause for thunderous applause. The first words from moderator Chancellor Martin were that the event had “sold out in 52 minutes.”
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Former St. Louis mayor joins WashU as visiting fellow
Former St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones will join WashU through a newly created fellowship offered by WashU’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2), where among other things she will “engage both campus and community audiences in dialogue around critical issues of race & ethnicity,” according to the center’s goals.
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