The Brown School’s Michael Sherraden and the School of Law’s Marion G. Crain, co-authors of the new book “Working and Living in the Shadow of Economic Fragility,” were in Washington, D.C., May 28 at the New America Foundation for a webcast presentation that Crain called “a chance for scholars to talk to the world.” U.S. economic policies have failed to restore full employment and in some ways have made labor market conditions worse for many Americans, they said.
A widespread pattern of human-caused environmental degradation and related flood-mitigation efforts began changing the natural flow of China’s Yellow River nearly 3,000 years ago, setting the stage for massive floods that toppled the Western Han Dynasty, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
What: Representatives from five universities will gather to discuss ways to prepare international students for the local labor market When: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 Where: Room 103, Siegle Hall, Washington University at St. Louis More info: Betsy Cohen, Project Director, St. Louis Mosaic Project at 314-615-8107 or ecohen@worldtradecenter-stl.com As part of […]
School of Medicine researchers have identified the first genetic variations linked to race that begin to explain a higher risk of death among some African American and Caucasian patients taking the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) after a heart attack.
Schael was hired in 1978. At the time, the athletics department was made up primarily of part-time staff. The facilities were 60 years old. “There were lots of naysayers,” Schael recalls. “They said things like, ‘You’ll never be able to change this department.’”
“The most important legacy for him is that the student-athletes have a great experience. It’s not the wins and losses, but the experience itself,” says Nancy Fahey, women’s basketball coach.
While a graduate student, Kirk A. Foster, MSW ’02, PhD ’11, assistant professor of social work, University of South Carolina, helped Professor Rank with research for “Chasing the American Dream.”
In “Economic Realities of the American Dream,” professors Steven Fazzari and Mark Rank examine the American Dream’s historical meaning, the traditional pathways to reach it, the current obstacles to achieving it and its viability in the future.
