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D.B. Dowd, professor of art

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, director of the university’s Social Policy Institute, co-wrote an op-ed published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the importance of keeping people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic — and how certain jobs, often those held by Black and Hispanic workers, are deemed “essential” and carry higher risks.

Michael Kinch, associate vice chancellor and director, Center for Research Innovation in Business; and professor of radiation oncology

Geoff Ward, professor of African and African-American studies

This episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast highlights an effort led by Washington University scientists to use computing power from around the world to identify vulnerabilities in the coronavirus.

Peter Joy, the Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law

John Constantino, MD, the Blanche F. Ittelson Professor of Psychiatry

John Horn, professor of practice in economics

Michael Diamond, MD, PhD, the Herbert S. Gasser Professor of Medicine

Beth Martin, interim director of the university’s Climate Change Program, writes in Missouri Humanities Magazine about how the humanities can help answer big questions of those who work in climate change, such as ‘How are we understanding each other?’ and ‘What are our individual and collective responsibilities?’