Only employees of Washington University who perform essential work requiring a physical presence on campus should come to work until April 6, Chancellor Andrew Martin wrote in an email to faculty and staff March 16.

In one of her first meetings as a Ph.D. candidate, a professor asked Carolyn Barnes if she was married. Was she married to a man? Was she planning on having children while completing her doctorate?

Providing free childcare would make higher education much more accessible to those students who, due to the costs of childcare, could be forced to choose between their children and their education.

For all the people that are graduating, I know you are almost out of here, and a lot of you are probably wondering what else you can do with just one week left at Wash. U. This is what you can do. Commit to showing solidarity with everyone who has been involved with this and everyone who is affected by this.

Hedwig (Hedy) Lee, a professor in Washington University’s Sociology department, as a social demographer, is “very interested in trying to understand what features on our society drive the health differences that we see.” Student Life sat down with her recently to talk about her teaching experience and what it’s like to balance that with having a young child.