Experts from Washington University in St. Louis offer perspectives on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the impact it will have on American law, people and politics.
Rebekah Paré has been appointed associate vice chancellor for career development and education at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Aug. 15, announced Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs. She joins WashU from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nine local teachers have been selected by Washington University in St. Louis faculty for the Summer Teacher-Researcher Partnership, an innovative initiative from the Institute for School Partnership. The teachers will work in university labs, where they will participate in faculty research and develop lessons for their classrooms.
The William Greenleaf Eliot Society held its 53rd and final annual dinner this spring in honor of Washington University’s group of committed supporters. Chancellor Andrew D. Martin presented the Search Award to James and Elizabeth McDonnell.
The School of Medicine has received $50,000 from Healthy Blue Missouri to support The SPOT (Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens) at Jennings Senior High School.
While the ruling in the Maine case is unsurprising given the court’s recent decisions around freedom of religion, some of the rhetoric around the case misrepresents the role of constitutional protections for religion in a pluralistic society, said John Inazu, expert on law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis.
Peng Bai, Aravind Nagulu and Ning Zhang, all assistant professors at the McKelvey School of Engineering, have been awarded $25,000 Collaboration Initiation Grants from the school.
Alex Meshik, research professor of physics and a faculty fellow in the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences in Arts & Sciences, won a $690,521 NASA grant.
Equalize, a mentoring program and pitch competition designed to support academic women entrepreneurs, takes place June 30. Register to attend the virtual event.
Gerald Early, the Merle King Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, will serve as interim director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1. Hedwig Lee and William Acree, both in Arts & Sciences, are stepping down as co-directors.
