A story of survival
Since returning to his native Ukraine more than 30 years ago, alumnus Alex Frishberg has faced many dangers — most recently, a brutal war.
Lessons from a random world
Social scientist Mark Rank, a nationally renowned expert on poverty, inequality and social justice, examines the role of chance and luck in our lives.
Brown School students gain hands-on policy experience
Students from WashU’s Brown School recently took their classroom lessons to the frontlines of local policy, offering public testimony on a bill aimed at expanding nontraditional housing options in St. Louis.
Brantmeier to serve on national Fulbright committee
Cindy Brantmeier, a professor of applied linguistics in Arts & Sciences at WashU, will serve on the national screening committee for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Being Asian American
What does it mean to be Asian American? This book highlights challenges Asian American children face and offers an avenue for them to explore issues around racial and cultural identity.
Engineering students take on social choice
Students in the social choice systems class at Washington University are learning about design challenges in social choice systems like redistricting.
Transpacific Cartographies
Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States
“Transpacific Cartographies” by Melody Yunz Li, PhD ’18, examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-U.S. tensions.
Lateef wins grant to study Afrocentric strengths in Black youth education
Husain Lateef, assistant professor at the Brown School, has been awarded a two-year, $49,821 grant from the Brady Education Foundation to study the influences of Afrocentric cultural strengths in Black youth education.
Can Trump bypass Senate approval of controversial Cabinet nominees?
Andrea Katz, an expert on presidential power at WashU Law, says Trump’s threats to bypass Senate approval of controversial Cabinet nominees could turn the process on its head.
Book explores how Great Recession, COVID-19 affected young adult identity development
Rather than dissuade students, shocks such as the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic can cause college students to lean into their education as a pathway to success, according to research by Bronwyn Nichols Lodato in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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