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News for the Washington University Campuses & Community
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How America’s policies hurt women, children
When it comes to family-friendly policies, the U.S. lags far behind more progressive western European countries. But work-family conflicts don’t need to be part of contemporary American life, suggests a new book by sociologist Caitlyn Collins of Arts & Sciences.
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New clues discovered to lung transplant rejection
School of Medicine researchers have discovered clues to a deadly form of rejection that can follow lung transplantation. The condition, antibody-mediated rejection, remains impervious to available treatments and difficult to diagnose.
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Biswas elected to National Academy of Engineering
Pratim Biswas (right), the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, considered one of the highest honors in the field.
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Cote named head of pathology and immunology
Richard J. Cote, MD, an innovative physician-scientist and entrepreneur specializing in cancer, has been named head of the Department of Pathology and Immunology at the School of Medicine. Cote comes from the University of Miami.
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WashU Expert on Green New Deal plan
The Green New Deal, announced last week by Democrats in Congress, may not amount to quick change, but at least it begins a conversation toward critical climate-change goals, said environmental law expert Maxine Lipeles.
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Campus Announcements
Women in Global Health is an international network aiming to achieve gender equality in global health leadership, and a chapter has launched at the university, with support from the Institute for Public Health. Those interested in gender and global health issues are encouraged to get involved.
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Rebecca Copeland and Laura Miller, of Arts & Sciences, are co-editors of the book “Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History.” In this episode of the “Hold That Thought” podcast, the two discuss queens, goddesses and what makes a diva.
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Research Wire
Olga Pravdivtseva, research associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, received a three-year, $1.19 million grant from NASA to support research on I-Xe dating of alteration in CK and CV carbonaceous chondrites, which are a type of meteorite.
Read more from the Research Wire →
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Who Knew WashU?
 Question: Ahead of the founding father’s birthday next week, we ask: From which reference to George Washington did the university’s first student yearbook receive its name?
A) cherry tree
B) hatchet
C) dollar
D) chief
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