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When Experts Attack!

When Experts Attack #62 - Regalia is for scholars, not just kings

Published April 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM CDT
Commencement 2024
Meg Kumin/Meg Kumin/KU Marketing
Commencement 2024 Sunday, May 12 10:30 a.m. David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium

Why do university graduates wear caps and gowns? Steve Wolgast gets medieval explaining how European scholars centuries ago, wearing gowns for warmth in chilly libraries, led to an Ohio academic suggesting American universities standardize academic dress.

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