Centers and institutes of Washington University in St. Louis

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[edit] Biological sciences

[edit] Business

  • Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

[edit] Economics

[edit] Interdisciplinary

[edit] Information technology

[edit] Language and literature

  • Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature - promotes teaching and research of modern German literature and supports collaboration among students/scholars in the field as the only center of its kind in the United States. Part of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

[edit] Law

The Washington University School of Law has five Centers and Institutes, which are mostly housed at the Anheuser-Busch building: [1]

  • Center for Empirical Research in the Law - focuses on applying sophisticated empiral methodology to legal studies research.
  • Center for Interdisciplinary Studies - supports interdisciplinary legal research and scholarship.
  • Center for Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship - provides law students wit hthe ability to work with intellectual property counsel and provide legal advice to both the University and the wider community. Law students collaborate with students from the School of Medicine, Olin School of Business, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, and Arts & Sciences.
  • Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse - collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in specific topics.
  • Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies - focuses as a center for instruction and research in international and comparative law to prepare students for a global society.

[edit] Medicine

[edit] Political science

[edit] Social work

  • Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies - founded to provide scholarships for Native American students, the Center for American Indian Studies is now located within the School of Social work and is geared toward the "academic advancement and study of American Indian issues related to social work." [2] The center still continues to offer scholarships.
  • Center for Latino Family Research - is the only center in a U.S. school of social work that conducts research on Latino social, health, mental health, and family and community development in the U.S. and Latin America. The Center's ultimate goal is to help improve the lives of Latino families in all of the Americas.
  • Center for Mental Health Services Research - through its national network of collaborative research partners, works with public social service agencies to build a base of evidence designed to address the challenges of delivering mental health services to vulnerable populations. The center is one of only 11 centers of its kind in the country and the only one part of a social work school.
  • Center for Social Development - the center's domestic and international research focuses on building assets of individuals and families so they can invest in life goals such as homes, education, and enterprise development and thus break the cycle of poverty. The Center's work also explores issues of civic engagement to ensure the people of all ages and economic levels actively participate in our society.


[edit] References

  1. ^ WULS: Centers and Institutes
  2. ^ Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies

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