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The Danforth Campus is the main campus at Washington University in St. Louis.Formerly known as the Hilltop Campus, it was officially dedicated as the Danforth Campus on September 17, 2006, in honor of William H. Danforth, the 13th chancellor of the university, the Danforth family and the Danforth Foundation.
The Washington University Hilltop Campus Historic District was the site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the 1904 Summer Olympics.Many of the exposition buildings were temporary in nature, but a number of permanent structures were built and are used by Washington University, which calls this area the Danforth Campus.
Francis Gymnasium is a building at Washington University in St. Louis, currently used by the university's athletics department. Built in 1903, it is located in St. Louis County, Missouri, on the far western edge of the university's Danforth Campus. It is part of the Washington University Hilltop Campus Historic District.
[123] [124] [125] In response to backlash about these facts, university administration announced plans to increase the number of Pell-eligible recipients on campus from 6% to 13% by 2020 [126] [127] [128] The university achieved that goal three years early, and as of 2022, 19.9% of undergraduate students were eligible for Pell Grants ...
The James McKelvey School of Engineering is a part of Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1854, the engineering school is a research institution occupying seven buildings on Washington University's Danforth Campus. Research emphasis is placed on cross-disciplinary technologies in the areas of alternative energy, environmental ...
The elevation of the land was thought to resemble the Acropolis and inspired the nickname of "Hilltop" campus, renamed the Danforth campus in 2006 to honor former chancellor William "Bill" H. Danforth. In 1899 the university opened a design contest for the new campus.
Watson recorded 620 receiving yards on 29 receptions with two touchdowns in 15 games this season with the Packers.
The University of Washington Board of Regents selected four finalist sites for the Tacoma-area campus in September 1989 out of a pool of 20 reviewed sites: a 79-acre (32 ha) downtown site, a Hilltop site, an area adjacent to the Tacoma Community College campus, and a rural site near Interstate 5 in Fife. [4]