Separating fact from fiction in housing affordability and corporate investors
The rise of institutional investors in the housing market is a symptom, rather than the cause, of an extremely tight housing market and the overall housing affordability crisis, according to Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences at WashU.
Chen, Heemstra selected as AIMBE fellows
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named two new fellows from WashU: Hong Chen and Jennifer Heemstra.
Major gift strengthens WashU’s Shakespeare summer program
Alumni Lesley Malin and Scott Helm have made a $1.35 million gift to support WashU’s annual summer theater program at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, which is hosted by the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.
When does the body clock begin to synchronize with local time?
New research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that a mother helps to set the biological clock for her babies while they are still in the womb.
Putting the ‘forever’ in Forest Park
Forest Park habitat restoration efforts have paid off. Surveys of bird species reveal increases in biodiversity over decades in the urban wildlife area located in the heart of St. Louis, according to new research from scientists with the Living Earth Collaborative.
Research highlights who wins, loses in AI-influenced job market
A survey conducted by WashU graduate students shows workers are using artificial intelligence not just to do tasks faster, but to help them learn new skills, plan career moves or transition into new fields.
WashU Dance Collective presents ‘Alchemy’
The WashU Dance Collective, the resident dance company of the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, will present “Alchemy,” an evening of new and original choreography, April 10 and 11 in Edison Theatre.
Catalyst Quartet to perform April 12
Acclaimed Grammy-winning ensemble the Catalyst Quartet will perform works by Florence Price, Libby Larsen and Antonín Dvořák for WashU’s Great Artists Series April 12.
Mortimer installed as James Langenfeld Professor of Industrial Organization
Julie Holland Mortimer is a renowned applied microeconomics scholar in WashU Arts & Sciences. She investigates the impact of new forms of contracting between content producers and internet retailers.
Crothers, Karra awarded Goldwater Scholarship
WashU juniors Margo Crothers and Vikram Karra have received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious award that honors students who conduct research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
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