The Washington University School of Law’s Clinical Education Program held its first pro bono estate planning clinic July 26 and 28 to serve low-income members of the St. Louis community.
The university is offering an interdisciplinary course this fall exploring what led to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and the implications going forward.
This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, and the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, will debut “Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988-2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions.” The first major survey to focus on Grosse’s studio-based paintings, the exhibition will investigate the important role large-scale canvases have played throughout her career, from the late 1980s to the present day.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year $1.67 million grant to Chuan Wang, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, for research on preterm birth. Wang and an interdisciplinary team will develop soft sensors with stretchable electrodes to generate 3D maps of the uterine surface and better understand contractions.
WashU’s Workday home page, inbox and other functions will be updated Sept. 10. Those interested can opt in by Wednesday, Aug. 3, to get an early look. Online training and video overviews will be available.
Disparities in cancer stage at diagnosis among racial and ethnic minority children and adolescents may be partially explained by health insurance coverage, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor in Arts & Sciences, was recognized by the American Sociological Association for her extensive scholarship and efforts to create more equitable workplaces.
