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WashU shared its 2024 student health and well-being data with Student Life, providing key statistics on mental health and substance use on campus. The data showed significant decreases in the number of students drinking alcohol and using cannabis in recent years, mirroring trends in substance use among university students nationwide.
Sports - Student Life
2024年11月3日 · It’ll start a new era with coach Lisa Stone at the helm. With two preseason All-Americans — graduate-student guard Jessica Brooks and sophomore center Lexy Harris — leading a deep lineup, Stone’s program, ranked 18th in the country in the preseason d3hoops.com poll, has the potential to run the table in 2024-25.
Q&A with Chancellor Andrew Martin, fall 2024 - Student Life
2024年9月17日 · Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin sat down for an interview with Student Life on Friday, Sept. 13. Martin spoke about the state of faculty governance on campus, provided updates to WashU’s recent property purchases, and shared his go-to order at a bar. The Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.
No. 4 men’s basketball starts season strong with opening night win
2 天之前 · It was a strong first game for the No. 4 WashU Bears men’s basketball team. After finishing last season with an NCAA Division III Sweet 16 loss to Trine University, WashU opened the 2024-2025 season with a decisive 75-53 win at home against Rhodes College.
Staff Editorial: Our Spring 2025 course recommendations
2024年10月11日 · Alongside the handy-dandy resources like PlanIt and Rate My Professor, the StudLife editors have got you covered. Here are some of our favorite courses listed for Spring 2025: L98 AMCS 3060: Current Affairs and Critical Issues in American Culture. Breaking news: Newspaper staff recommends class about media literacy.
News - Student Life
6 天之前 · In an exit poll conducted by Student Life, 448 voters at the WashU Athletic Complex overwhelmingly supported Democrats, including Kamala Harris for President, Lucas Kunce for Senate, and Wesley Bell for the House of Representatives. Abortion was named a key issue for a majority of voters, and more than 90% of respondents supported Amendment 3.
Rated Unfit: WashU’s course evaluation system - Student Life
2024年10月23日 · Both male and female students evaluate female instructors lower than male instructors. For male students, this difference is 20.7% of a standard deviation, while for female students, it is 7.6% of a standard deviation, according to the Journal of the European Economic Association. Differences in gender in course evaluations is something ...
Changing course: how and why students transfer out of WashU
2024年9月11日 · Smith noted that of the students who responded to exit questions, the most commonly cited reasons for transfer included seeking courses of study not offered at WashU, being closer to home, and financial considerations. While some of those issues are grounds for irreconcilable differences (Smith cites a former WashU student who transferred to a ...
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2024年10月16日 · Student Union Treasury is running out of money. For the first time in recent memory, Student Union (SU) will not have enough money to support additional funding requests from student organizations for the 2024-25 academic year according to SU leadership, with some Treasury representatives jokingly calling it the “SU Recession.”.
Affinity groups release opinion submission calling on admissions …
2024年10月31日 · Three of WashU’s major affinity groups published an opinion piece announcing, among other things, the creation of multiple student intern positions after a year of working with administration. These interns will work with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to help increase diversity in enrollment.