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Rigged election? Partisans view threats to election integrity differently
Even before they cast their votes, partisans of different stripes are poised to question the legitimacy of the election outcome, but for different reasons. According to The American Social Survey,...
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Messbarger, Sheedy win Rome Prize Fellowships
Rebecca Messbarger, professor of Italian and founding director of the Medical Humanities program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and Lindsay Sheedy, a doctoral candidate...
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WashU Experts: Supreme nomination system ‘makes no sense’
Upon the passing Sept. 18 of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democrats and Republicans alike wondered what this would mean for the U.S. Supreme Court. With just 45 days until Election Day, will President...
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Funding climate action policies: Consumers weigh in
For decades, scientists have urged policymakers to take prompt action to address climate change, but their calls have largely gone unanswered. Now, as wildfires ravage the west and hurricanes batter...
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Prenatal cannabis exposure associated with adverse outcomes during middle...
While cannabis use during pregnancy is on the rise, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found evidence that the resulting children are more likely to have psychopathology in middle...
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Plants without cellular recycling systems get creative in the dark
Deprived of sunlight, plants are unable to transform carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into sugars. They are essentially starved of one of their most important building blocks. The plant’s...
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‘Truths and Reckonings’
Frederick B. Schell (American, d. 1905), “Plantation police, or home-guard, examining passes on the road leading to the levee of the Mississippi River,” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July...
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Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients
Collaborators from seven St. Louis area institutions will collaborate on biodiversity-related projects in locations ranging from Forest Park to the Congo Basin. (Photo: Kyle de Nobrega) The Living...
View ArticleBrain & Behavior Research Foundation awards grants to three researchers
Three Washington University in St. Louis researchers have received Young Investigator Grants from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. The foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering...
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Smith named vice provost for educational initiatives
Jennifer R. Smith, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named to the new position of vice provost for educational initiatives, announced Beverly R....
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Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function
“When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left.” – author Louise Erdrich (Image: Shutterstock) Sleep is vitally important for brain function and survival....
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Updating high school chemistry with a focus on climate, real-world examples
Learn from doing things in real life. That’s the idea behind several hot trends in education for younger children: think outdoor school, forest school and other project-based learning programs. But can...
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Sicker livestock may increase climate woes
Climate change is affecting the spread and severity of infectious diseases around the world — and infectious diseases may in turn be contributing to climate change, according to a new paper published...
View ArticleCall me “Hotch”
“A.E. Hotchner was my father,” I mumble into the pillow before slipping into sleepy unconsciousness. Of course, this is untrue. I have just received the terrible news that Hotchner has passed away, and...
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Dutton and Riker win Golden Colophon award
Dorothy, the small-press publishing project led by Danielle Dutton, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and Martin Riker, senior lecturer in...
View ArticleWriting the first draft of history
“Census Bureau gets love-bombed.” “Climate change protesters put giant surgical mask at entrance to Republican National Committee headquarters.” “Biden sells hand sanitizers labeled with his economic...
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St. Louis Teacher Residency helps teachers thrive in high-needs classrooms
The clock is ticking. KIPP: St. Louis algebra teacher Josh Humphrey has 45 minutes to deliver his lesson on geometric sequences to his ninth-grade class — what they are, why they matter and how they...
View ArticleHow Teddy Wayne became a prominent literary voice
Successful novelist Teddy Wayne’s first published novel, Kapitoil, was written as a grad student in WashU’s distinguished MFA in Creative Writing program, but it almost didn’t happen. During his first...
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Fighting crime like war
Michael S. Sherry, AB ’67, the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History Emeritus at Northwestern University, shares an excerpt from his forthcoming book The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the...
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WashU Expert: Religion and the 2020 election
For decades, evangelical Christian voters — specifically white evangelicals — have been an essential voting bloc for Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump. While evangelical...
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