Bans that disrupt democracy
As rapidly spreading book bans harm America’s children and teachers alike, WashU’s Lisa Gilbert pinpoints problems and solutions as she empowers a new generation of educators.
Preserving our planet
The new Center for the Environment serves as a hub for cross-disciplinary collaboration, which is central to solving complex environmental problems.
Making the case for WashU
Nearly one year into the job, J.D. Burton, vice chancellor for government relations, gives insight into what it’s like representing WashU in the political sector.
The boys of fall
Three WashU alumni work in the Texas Rangers’ front office, helping the team win its first-ever World Series title.
50 years of legal community service — and counting
Students in the School of Law’s Clinical Education Program, now 50 years old, gain important skills while helping members of the community.
Study: Machine learning can help optimize medical resource sharing in a crisis
Researchers at Olin Business School used a machine-learning model to test a better system for sharing medical supplies such as ventilators across the country in an emergency. Their work was published in the journal Annals of Operations Research.
Key regulator of decision-making pinpointed in brain
Researchers at the School of Medicine have found important clues to how people make choices involving obtaining information about the future. The scientists identified a set of mental rules that governs decision-making about rewards.
Willroth receives SAGE award
Emily Willroth, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, has received the SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.
Apte receives Catalyst Award for innovative approaches to research
Rajendra Apte, MD, PhD, the Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor in the John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the School of Medicine, has received a $300,000 Research to Prevent Blindness/American Macular Degeneration Foundation Catalyst Award.
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