Research reveals evolving fatherhood expectations
Fatherhood today is shaped by two powerful expectations: to be actively involved in caregiving and to provide financially, according to research by Patrick Ishizuka, assistant professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Trump Administration says Callais’s Logic Applies to Title VII’s Disparate Impact Provisions
Callais does not compel the immediate invalidation or revision of other disparate impact regimes. The re-write for Title VII and FHA—if that is what the future holds—will take on a different hue, writes Travis Crum.
How Amazon workers made glamour a form of protest
People need beauty and pleasure – and, yes, even glitz – to make life worth living. Events like Ball Without Billionaires seem to usher in a new chapter in activism – one in which solidarity might also be forged in stilettos, writes Eileen G’Sell.
How businesses with ties to Jeffrey Epstein saw norms – and even share prices – suffer
Investors, board-nominating committees and regulators now have the data to ask harder questions about who sits in corporate boardrooms – and whose company they kept, writes Michaela Pagel.
Videos
A scientist’s ‘a-ha moment’
Alex Quillin, PhD ’25, talks about the day she looked through the microscope and realized what she and her fellow students discovered.
Bookshelf
‘Michelangelo & Titian’
In his new book, “Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Rivalry & Genius,” WashU’s William Wallace explores a mutual admiration, and simmering competition, that unfolded over decades.