New course explores the unseen side of health
In her course “Sick Society,” Hedwig Lee, professor of sociology, shows that lifestyle and genes aren’t the only things impacting health.
Risk as evolution: New poetry from Carl Phillips
In his latest book of poetry, Pale Colors in a Tall Field, Carl Phillips returns to some of his most enduring themes, love, vulnerability, doubt, regret and desire.
How can businesses benefit from having a higher purpose?
After a friend started a church in Australia, Professor Thakor wondered: what impact can a higher purpose have on your business?
Public health after COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis could reshape public health for the better.
Communicating about COVID-19
Matthew Kreuter, the Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School, is trying to make sure everyone understands the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccination clinic volunteers needed
With COVID-19 vaccination appointments now available through Washington University in St. Louis for all students, faculty, staff and their family members ages 18 and over, the university needs volunteers to help staff the vaccination clinic on the Medical Campus.
Changing how we see the brain
By studying our brain’s connectome, behavioral neuroscientist Damien Fair is drawing a new map of autism.
Alumna Lise Shipley helped build today’s wi-fi network
In the mid-1990s, Lise Shipley helped bring the Internet to the masses.
Hacking the gates
Marie Bigham wants to radically reimagine college admissions.
Beauty and lamentations
In a new solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, alumna Ebony G. Patterson explores beauty, tragedy and what lies beneath it all.
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