The John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics will be hosting a forum this afternoon to discuss the role of religion in last week’s midterm election. Students and professors across campus are curious as to what will be discussed, as many perceived minimal influence of religion in the most recent election.

Washington University Libraries received one of the largest grants in the institution’s history, a $376,426 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The money will fund the St. Louis Freedom Suits Legal Encoding Project, which aims to digitize pre-Civil War lawsuits that slaves brought against slaveholders in the St. Louis Circuit Court.