FTC settlements may fall short of curbing pharmacy benefit managers
The FTC’s deals with major drug middlemen may not do enough to lower what patients and employers pay for prescription drugs, said WashU Law’s Rachel Sachs.
Everyone has a role in suicide prevention
September is Suicide Prevention Month, and WashU expert Ryan Lindsay is emphasizing a simple message: You don’t have to be a mental health professional to help someone who may be struggling.
US education secretary visits WashU
As part of her travel to universities across the country, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited WashU Sept. 16.
Rural America Beyond the Caricature
How can we transcend politics and economics when thinking about rural America? How might policymakers better focus on rural aspirations rather than on rural decline? WashU’s Sandro Galea and USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discuss the very construct of the urban–rural divide.
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
American parents need comprehensive work-family plan
A reported proposal by Vice President JD Vance redirecting childcare subsidies to married couples with a stay-at-home parent will not address fundamental challenges in the market, including soaring costs and limited availability, according to WashU sociologist Caitlyn Collins.
Bechara awarded APPAM fellowship
Saria Bechara, a doctoral student in social work at the WashU Brown School, has been named a 2026 Excellence, Equity and Inclusion Fellow by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
Rank wins award for ‘Random Factor’ book
Mark R. Rank, WashU’s Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, is a winner of the NYC Big Book Award in the sociology category for his book “The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us.”
Giving every child a future
Child Development Accounts may seem like a new idea, but they’ve been around for 35 years. Michael Sherraden reflects on their origins and impacts.
As 988 transformed crisis care, counselors balanced new rules with professional judgment
A new study from the WashU Brown School finds that transparent management helped keep frontline 988 counselors’ morale strong as new performance metrics were introduced.
Government action
WashU students have many opportunities to learn that democracy is a verb.
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