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Field Notes: Azores, Portugal
Students in an undergraduate class in Arts & Sciences traveled to the remote Portuguese Azores archipelago to study field geology techniques in a rugged landscape shaped by volcanoes and shifting tectonic plates.
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WashU Expert: NAFTA in a jiffy?
A new trade deal to replace NAFTA will require completion by the end of the week, with or without Canada — so it’s too early to consider this a good or bad deal, no matter what President Donald Trump calls it, university trade expert John Horn said.
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Campus Announcements
The university will test its emergency communication system at 12:05 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather or another emergency is occurring at that time.
The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff in memory of U.S. Sen. John McCain until sunset Sunday, Sept. 2. McCain died Aug. 25 at age 81.
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Washington People
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Robyn Klein, MD, PhD, has never bought into the idea that girls and women don’t do science. Klein, vice provost and associate dean for graduate education for the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences, is a well-respected expert in neuroimmunology, and she works hard to promote diversity in science.
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Matthew Matava, of the School of Medicine, writes a piece about the risk of injuries among children and teens who play football compared with other sports on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website.
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The Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences recently received an Innovation Award from the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in recognition of its outstanding program that improves research safety on campus.
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Katherine Marcal, a doctoral student in social work at the Brown School, has been awarded a two-year, $60,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project titled “Promoting Child Behavioral Health in Homeless Services: A Community-Based System Dynamics Approach.”
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