Leath earns award from brain science professionals
WashU Arts & Sciences’ Seanna Leath has received an award from the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Supreme Court case tests limits of online privacy
A dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over the Video Privacy Protection Act could have significant implications for surveillance-based advertising and the future of internet privacy, says Neil Richards, a privacy law expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
ICC sanctions threaten academic freedom, legal education
The United States imposed sweeping new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) Oct. 9, following up on sanctions imposed last year. They are threatening academic freedom, limiting opportunities for law students and making it harder for scholars to engage with international legal institutions, WashU law professor Leila Sadat argues.
Using AI to fight election misinformation works, WashU research finds
Artificial intelligence could help counter election misinformation at the same speed that false narratives spread, according to new research from WashU and Caltech.
The Future of Free Speech
In this episode, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Jacob Mchangama, a research professor at Vanderbilt University, explore the essential role freedom of speech plays in a democracy.
Jacob Mchangama
Strong reading skills may help teens resist misinformation
Students with stronger reading skills are better able to spot misinformation online — and that may be especially important for teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to a new study from the Brown School.
WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts
Research from the WashU Brown School’s Center for Social Development helped lay the groundwork for a major change to the federal government’s new Trump Accounts program: automatic account creation for eligible children, which the administration announced Sept. 29.
Amazon’s smart glasses raise privacy concerns
Amazon’s introduction of smart glasses for its delivery drivers raises significant questions about privacy, workplace surveillance and the normalization of continuously recording technology, says WashU Law professor Neil Richards.
The Light Keepers
Black Women, History, and the Long Fight Against Empire
Jessica Marie Johnson, AB ’04, associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, showis that there is nothing finished or settled about how Black women understand time, trauma, and survival.
Book bans limit children’s understanding of themselves and the world
Book bans erase more than stories. They can erase histories and threaten students’ identities, says the Brown School’s Sheretta Butler-Barnes.
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