Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Kevin Butterfield, PhD ’10, is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, a humanities research center that also educates lawmakers.

Laura Meckler, AB ’90, goes back to her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to examine the city’s history of racial equity.

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.

Three WashU alumni work in the Texas Rangers’ front office, helping the team win its first-ever World Series title.

Students in the School of Law’s Clinical Education Program, now 50 years old, gain important skills while helping members of the community.

Arts & Sciences’ Emily Willroth finds those who accept unpleasant feelings, but not the underlying unpleasant situations, experience less anxiety and depression.

In forming public policy, policymakers shouldn’t rely on generational labels or stereotypes, says economist George-Levi Gayle.

Through the course “The Politics of Play and Protest: Religion and Sports in America,” students use religion and sports to examine American life.

An excerpt from Carl Phillips’ newest book, “My Trade is Mystery: Seven Meditation from a Life in Writing.”

Privacy expert Neil Richards, the Koch Distinguished Professor of Law, says the path to surviving the “Information Revolution” is
through both education and the law.