Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Who Discovered Hepatitis C Virus
Charles Rice, adjunct professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology
Parvulescu on the history of Romani enslavement
Anca Parvulescu, professor of English and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences, co-writes about the history of Romani enslavement and its impact on representations of the Roma people. “Romani populations in East Europe remain a paradigmatic and often neglected example of a double practice of erasure and appropriation.”
Some colleges and universities look to re-up their commitment to Black studies
Adrienne Davis, vice provost, the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law and director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
‘It’s a crazy way to run a country’
The School of Law’s Daniel Epps, a Supreme Court expert, was featured in a Q&A in Politico, discussing his ideas for how to reform the Supreme Court and consider the influence it wields.
Stem cells offer new glimpse at how the placenta emerges—and how the fetus-sustaining organ can fail
Thorold Theunissen, assistant professor of developmental biology
St. Louis reacts to chaotic debate, Trump’s statements on white supremacists
Peter Kastor, professor of history and American culture studies
Diverse Business Leaders 2020: Adrienne Davis
Adrienne Davis has been honored by the St. Louis Business Journal with one of this year’s Diverse Business Leaders awards. In this Q&A, she discusses her contributions to Washington University’s diversity and inclusion goals, including serving as founding director of the new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity.
‘This Is Too Much’: Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic
Caitlyn Collins, assistant professor of sociology
‘How the religious right has transformed the Supreme Court’
The School of Law’s Lee Epstein, a Supreme Court expert, co-writes an opinion piece in The New York Times about the growing influence of conservative Christian values at the Supreme Court and the impact of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had led the court’s liberal wing.
Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump’s debt
Kathleen Clark, professor of law
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