Identifying brands as Black-owned can pay off for businesses

Ultimately, our study is a step toward understanding how transparency and visibility can shape economic outcomes. It highlights a diversity initiative that has benefited both customers and businesses, and provides a road map for companies that want to design initiatives that matter, writes Oren Reshef.

Almost Oscar

Richard Chapman is a senior lecturer in Film and Media Studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He has written more than 200 hours of network television as well as the Emmy-nominated HBO film “Live From Baghdad” (2002) and the documentary “Dateline-Saigon” (2020).

Building a Better Healthcare System to Make a Healthier America

It is fair to say that America should be healthier again and that transparency, a rebalancing of interests toward the American people, and a reframing of health as a cornerstone of future prosperity and freedom should form key parts of that goal, writes Sandro Galea.

How and why we sent a refrigerator halfway to space

Ephraim Gau, a graduate student in physics in Arts & Sciences, writes in a National Institute of Standards and Technology blog about placing transition edge sensors — and a scientific refrigerator needed to cool them down — onto a balloon that would fly high above most of Earth’s atmosphere.

‘Maintaining mental health during the winter blues’

Happiness expert Tim Bono, associate dean in Arts & Sciences, writes about ways to combat a gloomy mood during this cold time of year. Simple things such as visiting a friend or getting some exercise can make a difference, he said.
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