‘In “Sound of Metal,” there are no small sufferings’
Eileen G’Sell, senior lecturer in writing in Arts & Sciences, writes a review of the Oscar-nominated drama “Sound of Metal,” saying the film explores the process of losing a sense inextricably tied to one’s identity.
Each of three COVID-19 vaccines provides effective protection against serious illness
Rachel Presti, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases physician who led the School of Medicine’s participation in the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine trial, encourages members of the public to take the first vaccine available to them.
Welfare fraud is actually rare, no matter what the myths and stereotypes say
Rather than encouraging fraud, the system would appear to be encouraging nonparticipation instead, writes the Brown School’s Mark Rank.
Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
Little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement. For these women and girls, COVID-19 has made them particularly vulnerable to increases in gender-based violence, writes the Brown School’s Lindsay Stark.
‘After a year of COVID-19, vaccines making life better, but it’s not over’
In this episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast, produced by the School of Medicine, infectious disease specialist Steve Lawrence, MD, returns to discuss where we’ve been during the pandemic and what is to come.
Podcast explores the power of anger
In a new episode of the “American Democracy Lab” podcast, presented by the Gephardt Institute, WashU experts help us understand what anger means, particularly at this moment, and how we can build a more “United” States.
Biden’s commission is examining Supreme Court term limits. Those could have unintended consequences.
As President Biden announced plans to study reforms to the Supreme Court, School of Law faculty Dan Epps and Kyle Rozema discuss their academic article, Designing Supreme Court Term Limits, which examines how term limits might play out in practice.
Recognizing women-led businesses
In recognition of Women’s History Month in March, the university’s Office of Supplier Diversity is highlighting six women business enterprise firms that are rising up globally, nationally and locally here at WashU. Learn more about them.
Five myths about poverty
The Brown School’s Mark Rank, co-author of the new book “Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty,” discusses five commons myths about poverty in America.
Breaking down the new $110 billion NFL deal
Patrick Rishe, director of the sports business program at Olin Business School, writes an article about the new NFL rights deal, saying it has elements to appeal to younger fans and allows for more interactivity to increase fan engagement.
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