Bears football begins season first-and-2,539
Coach Larry Kindbom and 12 members of the Bears football team hiked up Pikes Peak this summer — just because it was there. What has become an annual summer ritual for the senior members of the squad also turns into a rich life experience.
Want to kill creativity of women in teams? Fire up the competition
Women tend to outperform men when it comes to collaboration and creativity in small working groups, but force teams to go head to head in highly competitive environments and the benefits of a female approach are soon reversed, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
Electric car charging station driven partly by sun
The electric car charging station in front of Brauer and Whitaker halls on the Washington University in St. Louis campus is now getting a boost from the sun after workers installed solar panels atop the structure July 30. In addition to bolstering the university’s commitment to sustainability, the station is connected to research in its School of Engineering & Applied Science.
The Lofts of Washington University development opens for business, students
The Lofts of Washington University, a new $80-million mixed-use development, brings green architecture, new residents and, at last, a grocery store to the Delmar Loop. On Saturday, Aug. 23, some 400 Washington University in St. Louis undergraduates will move into The Lofts’ 167 fully furnished three-bedroom, two-bedroom and efficiency apartments.
Wash U Expert: Funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program must be renewed
Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) is set to expire Oct. 1, 2015, unless Congress intervenes
— a move that is essential for millions of Amerian children, says a
Washington University in St. Louis faculty expert on child well-being.
Study suggests young people support LGBT rights, but priorities differ by race
Young people express strong support for marriage equality, but believe the push for same-sex marriage has diverted too much attention from other important issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, suggests a new national survey by researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in
St. Louis.
Unintended consequences: More high school math, science linked to more dropouts
Washington University researchers have found that courses intended to better prepare high school graduates for college also drive some students to drop out. They report that policies increasing the number of required math and science courses are linked to a higher dropout rate.
Birth weight and breastfeeding have implications for children’s health decades later, study finds
Young adults who were breastfed for three months or more as babies have a significantly lower risk of chronic inflammation associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, according to research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Wash U Expert: States should have some power over criminal laws of marijuana
A bill introduced July 28 in the U.S. House of
Representatives would amend the controlled substances act – the federal
law that criminalizes marijuana – to exempt plants with an extremely low
level of THC, the part of marijuana that makes users high. Following closely on the heels of a call by the New York Times editorial board for the federal government to legalize marijuana, this could mark a turning point of sorts in the campaign for legalization. Gregory
P. Magarian, professor of law, sees two reasons for leaving states with some power over the criminal law of marijuana.
Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall
People learn better and recall more when given the impression that they will soon have to teach newly acquired material to someone else, suggests new research from the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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