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Monday, April 7, 2025
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WashU’s Math314 supports teachers, boosts scores
Ritenour School District is serving as a pilot for Math314, WashU’s innovative program to boost K-12 math instruction and student achievement. The results are promising.
Bassnett installed as inaugural Nelson Lacy professor
Steven Bassnett (center), a national leader in vision research, has been installed as the inaugural Grace Nelson Lacy Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology at WashU Medicine.
What makes a 1-in-1000-year storm, really?
Thunderstorms that swept the central U.S. in 2022 were unprecedented, but their extreme precipitation may not be that rare — especially with global warming, according to a new analysis from researchers in Arts & Sciences.
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WashU in the News
10 small things neurologists wish you’d do for your brain
the new york times
New blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease and measures how far it’s progressed
Fox News
Hegseth makes the Pentagon a family affair as wife, brother brought into official business
USA Today
JWST’s next year of amazing science revealed — as funding worries loom large
Scientific American
Campus and community news
Ramesh Agarwal, the William Palm Professor of Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will receive the 2025 John J. Montgomery Award for Distinguished Innovation in Aerospace from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Researchers at WashU Medicine led by Farshid Guilak have harnessed the internal circadian clock of the body to deliver medication for an inflammatory illness precisely when it was most needed.
Perspectives
‘Questioning Shaw in Callais’
Travis Crum, at WashU Law, writes an article about the Supreme Court’s consideration of Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge to that state’s congressional redistricting plan, and whether court precedents on voting rights and gerrymandering will stand.
Election Law Blog