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Targeted excavating leads to lost city

Michael Frachetti excavating in Tashbulak

Using modern, high-tech analysis tools, anthropologist Michael Frachetti is leading groundbreaking research on an ancient city high in the Uzbekistan mountains. The site may hold clues to how medieval civilizations changed when diverse communities integrated — and even suggest how we might consider our own current initiatives of global community-building.

WashU Expert: K-12 school policies on African-American hair are discriminatory

Despite the efforts of some school districts to say otherwise, the naturally curly texture of the hair of many African-Americans is not unprofessional, distracting or faddish, says an expert on implicit bias and the law at Washington University in St. Louis.

Campus & Community

Obituary: Richard F. Ford, emeritus trustee, 81

Richard F. “Dick” Ford, emeritus trustee of Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, July 8, 2017, at his home in St. Louis after a long battle with cancer. He was 81.

Medicine & Health

Strategy to battle opioid epidemic encourages multilevel approach

Jose A. Moron-Concepcion, associate professor of anesthesiology the School of Medicine, studies the emotional component of pain and opioid receptors. He discusses some of the key points addressed in a new report on opioid abuse issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Medicine & Health

In autism, genes drive early eye gaze abnormalities

New research has uncovered compelling evidence that genetics plays a major role in how children look at the world and whether they have a preference for gazing at people’s eyes and faces or at objects.The discovery by researchers at the School of Medicine and Emory University adds new detail to understanding the causes of autism spectrum disorder.

Medicine & Health

Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives

Part of a major 20-year study, new research provides further evidence that surgery is unnecessary for early-stage prostate cancer, although some men whose disease is further along may benefit.

Washington University Libraries announces winners of book essay competition

Washington University Libraries has announced the winners for the 30th annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition.

Humanities & Society

Strategies for smart decarceration of America’s prisons

With an era of decarceration of America’s prison and jail system quickly approaching, a new book aims at providing solutions and concrete strategies for ushering it in.

Campus & Community

The View From Here 7.11.17

Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.

Medicine & Health

Sleep, Alzheimer’s link explained

Research from Washington University School of Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, and Stanford University shows that disrupting just one night of sleep in healthy, middle-aged adults causes an increase in a brain protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease.