Washington University in St. Louis Facts for Kids

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Washington University in St. Louis

Latin: Universitas Washingtoniana
Motto	Per veritatem vis (Latin)
Motto in English	Strength through truth
Type	Private
Established	February 22, 1853 (1853-02-22)
Endowment	$7.5 billion (2017)
Chancellor	Mark S. Wrighton
Provost	Holden Thorp
Academic staff	3,645 (Fall 2015)
Administrative staff	10,623 (Fall 2015)
Students	15,155 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	7,604
Postgraduates	7,551
Location	St. Louis , Missouri 38°38′53″N 90°18′18″W / 38.648°N 90.305°W / 38.648; -90.305
Campus	Urban 346.5 acres (0.54 sq mi; 140.22 ha) 1,966.5 acres (3.07 sq mi; 795.81 ha) at Tyson Research Center
Colors	Red and Green
Nickname	Bears
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – UAA

Washington University of St. Louis is a research university in St. Louis.

Images for kids

William Greenleaf Eliot, first president of the Board of Trustees
The Washington University crest at the entrance to Francis Field
Brookings Hall Quad
Danforth Campus Buildings
2008 Vice Presidential Debate at the Washington University Field House
The Washington University Medical Center as seen from Forest Park
Simon Hall is a part of the Olin Business School.
Cupples Hall
Anheuser Busch Hall, home to the School of Law
Washington University School of Medicine
Seigle Hall, shared by the School of Law and the College of Arts and Sciences
Ridgley Hall
Brown Hall
Olin Library
Reading room in Anheuser-Busch Hall
Women's Building
McMillan Hall
Fraternity Buildings
The South 40
Francis Olympic Field during the 1904 St. Louis Olympics
Gates at Francis Field
Charles Nagel, Founder of the United States Chamber of Commerce
Phyllis Schlafly, Conservative activist, founder of the Eagle Forum
J. C. R. Licklider, Pioneer in artificial intelligence and the Internet
Peter Sarsgaard, Award-winning actor
Clyde Cowan, Co-discoverer of the Neutrino
Phoebe Couzins, First woman U.S. Marshal
Arthur Holly Compton, Discoverer of the Compton effect
Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi
Edward Adelbert Doisy, Discoverer of Vitamin K
Gerty Cori, First woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Douglass North, Nobel Laureate Economist
Alfred Hershey, Nobel Laureate bacteriologist known for the Hershey–Chase experiment
Joseph W. Kennedy, Co-discoverer of Plutonium