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For women, waiting to have children until after 30 minimizes career income losses

Working women who want to minimize career income losses related to motherhood should wait until they are about 30 years old to have their first children, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Vote to help grad student startup win competition

Pro-Arc Diagnostics, a company founded by graduate student Michelle Faits and doctoral candidate Dana Watt, made it into the Rice Business Plan Competition. Vote by Saturday, April 16, to help it win funding.

Register now for kids’ summer sports camps

The Athletics Department reminds the university community that it offers a variety of sports camps for children during the summer. There are programs for kids from 6 years old through high school, and from one-day to weeklong sessions.

Campus & Community

Annual Thurtene Carnival returns April 15-17

Thurtene, the oldest student-run carnival in the nation, returns to Washington University in St. Louis with a new attraction: a replica Busch Stadium, complete with turf, outfielders and pennants. This stadium, however, will not host baseball’s major leaguers but tomorrow’s Whiffle ball champions.

Science & Technology

Trap and neutralize: A new way to clean contaminated groundwater

A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have helped discover a new chemical method to immobilize uranium in contaminated groundwater, which could lead to more precise and successful water remediation efforts at former nuclear sites.

Addision selected for UCLA Senior Fellows Program

Aaron Addison, director of scholarly services at University Libraries, has been selected to participate in the 2016 UCLA Senior Fellows Program. The program allows fellows to consider new approaches to issues confronting academic institutions and their libraries.

Humanities & Society

WashU Expert: Getting a tax refund? Consider saving it

Thinking about blowing that tax refund on a vacation or some home improvements? You might be better off pocketing your cash and saving it, said Michal Grinstein-Weiss, associate director of the Brown School’s Center for Social Development and principal investigator of the Refund To Savings initiative.

Who Knew WashU? 4.13.16

Question: What was the name of the precursor to Thurtene Carnival (which will take place this weekend, April 15-17, in front of Brookings Hall on the Danforth Campus)?

Campus & Community

Washington University first North American member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road

Washington University in St. Louis was installed as the first North American member of the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, host for theWorld-Class Universities Expo and Conference April 7-10. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton was on hand for the signing ceremony and joins the UASR executive committee.

Campus & Community

Washington People: Edem and Pam Dzunu

Edem and Pam Dzunu founded the nonprofit Baobab People to help bring together people from different backgrounds to learn about one another and to dispel misconceptions. Both work with English Language Programs in the Office for International Students and Scholars.