Politicians who take a stance on tax increases, immigration reform and other controversial issues have the power to sway voter opinions and can do so without fear of backlash, according to new research from political scientists at Washington University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Ten cutting-edge Sukkahs by architects and designers from around the nation will be installed on campus next week. The projects are winners of “Sukkah City STL 2014: Between Absence and Presence,” an ambitious contemporary design competition presented by St. Louis Hillel and the Sam Fox School.

Lihong Wang, PhD, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has received a prestigious BRAIN Initiative Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH announced Wang’s three-year, $2.7 million award for brain-imaging research yesterday.

Young Scientist Program volunteers Brian Lananna and Claire Weichselbaum, graduate students in the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences, were among several volunteers who participated in Family Med School at the Saint Louis Science Center. The two demonstrated how lungs function.