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Biologist Bose awarded Anant Fellowship for Climate Action

Arpita Bose in Arts & Sciences, whose research is connected to carbon sequestration and sustainable bioproduction, was selected to participate in the Anant Fellowship for Climate Action, a global program for climate change “solutionaries.”

St. Louis Region

Brown School partners with STL mayor’s office to ‘transform’ public safety

The Brown School is partnering with the city of St. Louis in an innovative new program aimed at hiring social workers and public health professionals to intervene in nonviolent situations such as mental-health crises as an alternative to the criminal justice system.

Appointments & Promotions

Rockwell-Hopkins named associate vice chancellor for operations, facilities

Melissa Rockwell-Hopkins, whose position has her overseeing more than $1 billion in construction projects at the School of Medicine, has been named the school’s associate vice chancellor for operations and facilities management.

Campus & Community

Three town halls set to get community input for strategic plan

As the university’s strategic planning process continues, those building recommendations want to hear from more of the university community. Three virtual town halls will take place next week.

Medicine

$7 million to support research into how human genome works

Washington University School of Medicine will serve as the data and administrative coordinating center for a national effort to investigate how variations in the human genome sequence affect how the genome functions. Such information is critical for understanding human health and diseases.

Students

Memories of 9/11: Shock, confusion and fear

In many respects, Washington University was lucky. The city was spared and, in the end, no student lost a close family member in the attacks. Still, students suffered.

History & Education

WashU Expert: Did 9/11 ‘change everything’?

For years after the World Trade Center collapsed, it became common to hear that “9/11 changed everything.” Yet the phrase is ripe for historical analysis, said Krister Knapp, teaching professor and minor adviser in history in Arts & Sciences.

Law

Sept. 11 changed immigration policy

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left an indelible mark on our nation’s immigration law and policies, says an immigration expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

Law

Inazu was in Pentagon on 9/11. He reflects on the day

John Inazu on roof of the Pentagon building days after the 9/11 attack.

John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion, was working in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when a plane crashed into the building. Here, he reflects on the day and what it means to him now.

Psychology

Who’s in cognitive control?

Graphic of two heads facing each other; one shows dials in its brain, the other shows faces representing different emotions. .

A new study into cognitive control from the lab of Todd Braver promises to be the first of many aimed at understanding its origins in the brain and its variations between people and among groups.