WashU’s economic impact totals $9.3 billion
WashU’s direct and indirect impact to the St. Louis economy in 2024 totaled $9.3 billion, an increase of $500 million. During fiscal year 2024, which concluded June 30, WashU spent $3.9 billion on salaries, construction and purchasing. That money rippled across the region, generating another $5.4 billion in economic activity.
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We should never, ever give a pass to cruelty
We should continue being patient in this moment, to do all we can to channel the energies of this political era into the creation of a better world, even when this means working with those with whom we disagree. But, in doing so, we should not tolerate — we should not extend patience towards — the cruelty inherent in some of what has been done, writes Sandro Galea.
The Day the Music Died and Luck Intervened
One of the most well-known of these tragedies was the airplane crash that killed rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. As Don McLean referred to in his song American Pie, it was the “day the music died.” But on that day, luck and chance were also front and center, writes Mark Rank.
Violence against women and girls research: Leveraging gains across disciplines
Greater integration and collaboration across disciplines has the potential to improve the validity, impact, and cohesiveness of the Violence against Women and Girls research field and contribute to evidence-based policies and practices, writes Lindsay Stark.
Videos
WashU balloon goes over big
For the first time, WashU sponsored a hot air balloon in the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, an annual hot air balloon festival held in Forest Park. “Time Traveler” was among the dozens of entrants that delighted the STL community Sept. 15-16, 2023.
Bookshelf
Book explores consequences of political conversations
In her new book, political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, explores how political information changes as it flows from the news media to person to person. Her research shows that socially transmitted information becomes sparse, biased, less accurate and mobilizing — fueling a “distorted democracy.”