Caregiving burdens, medical debt are reshaping health in the US
Research co-authored by Sandro Galea of WashU’s School of Public Health links rising family care responsibilities and unpaid medical bills to housing instability and population health risks.
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Shearer critiques sustainable urbanism in Kigali
Samuel Shearer, in WashU Arts & Sciences, has published “Kigali.” Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores how residents navigate the demands of global capital.
The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed
Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can, writes Ian Bogost.
Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
Alfonso Serrano, a politics editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Andrea Katz, a law scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, about the Minnesota lawsuit and its possible legal implications.
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Researcher for a day
WashU engineer Marcus Foston regularly hosts middle school students to learn about cutting-edge science. It’s part of WashU’s immersive “Researcher for a Day” program.
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A new ‘Paradiso’
Celebrated poet Mary Jo Bang completes the third book in a modern translation of The Divine Comedy, an effort that took two decades.