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WashU Expert: Trump likely to be restrictive on immigration

Stephen Legomsky, renowned expert on immigration policy and former chief counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says that while Trump’s immigration policies will be more hard line, comprehensive immigration reform is still possible.

Humanities & Society

‘Now is the time’

This summer, Jean Allman, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, won a Next Generation Humanities PhD Planning Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In this Q&A, Allman discusses the future of the humanities doctorate.

Media Advisory: McCaskill, ‘Generation Kill’ soldiers speak at Washington University Veterans Day event

The Washington University Student Veterans Association will host a panel of combat veterans at the largest public Veterans Day event in recent campus history. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will deliver the keynote address.

Miller receives 2016 Rayleigh Award at International Ultrasonics Symposium

James G. Miller, the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences, received the 2016 Rayleigh Award at the International Ultrasonics Symposium this fall in Tours, France.

Faculty, staff invited to perform ‘The Dancellor’

Risa Zwerling Wrighton, honorary chair of Dance Marathon, invites faculty and staff to perform “The Dancellor” at Dance Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 12. The annual 12-hour dance party raises money for St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 7, several faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure.

Campus & Community

Supporting emotional health of students of color

Experts from around the country will convene at the Brown School Nov. 11 for the Young, Gifted and @Risk conference — an event that explores how campus communities can support the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color.

Memorial service planned for Maggie Ryan

A memorial service to remember Maggie Ryan will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in Graham Chapel. Ryan, 22, died in a car accident May 22, just two days after earning her degrees from Arts & Sciences.

Diaz-Granados gives anthropology lecture

Carol Diaz-Granados, research associate in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, delivered the Annual Paul H. and Erika Bourguignon Lecture in Art and Anthropology at The Ohio State University.

Medical school to celebrate Epigenome Day Nov. 21

Epigenome Day will be held Nov. 21 on the Medical Campus, with a full slate of seminars and workshops highlighting epigenomics resources. The free, public event includes a keynote address by Bing Ren of University of California, San Diego.