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Kastor featured on C-SPAN’s ‘Lectures in History’
Peter Kastor, the Samuel K. Eddy Professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was featured on C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History.” Kastor The...
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Trust your gut: A healthy sense of disgust can prevent sickness
The next time your stomach turns at the smell of spoiled food or the sight of feces, pay attention. New research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Feb. 15, suggests...
View ArticleNew ‘Musical Lunch Box’ event Feb. 26
It has been a historically difficult year for the arts, and especially for live performers. Students and faculty in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis...
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Life in the time of COVID
In 2020, so much about what we know to be normal came to a grinding halt for the Washington University in St. Louis community. One week in March, we’re looking ahead to a spring “break,” and then...
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Under climate stress, human innovation set stage for population surge
Climate alone is not a driver for human behavior. The choices that people make in the face of changing conditions take place in a larger human context. And studies that combine insights from...
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When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local,...
The ocean floor is vast and varied, making up more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. Scientists have long used information from sediments at the bottom of the ocean — layers of rock and microbial muck...
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School closures ‘sideline’ working mothers
Decades of feminist gains in the workforce have been undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has upended public education across the United States, a critical infrastructure of care that parents —...
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‘The Dilemma of the Black Republican’
Jackie Robinson’s baseball career is synonymous with civil rights advancement. But his life also illuminates a period of dramatic electoral realignment. “Jackie Robinson was a Republican,” writes...
View ArticleIrani, Smith named Presidential Management Fellows
Katherine Irani, a master’s of public health student at the Brown School, and Kendra C. Smith, a master’s student in psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, both at Washington...
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Amari receives Urey Award for career in cosmochemistry
Sachiko Amari, research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the H. C. Urey Award from the European Association of Geochemistry for outstanding...
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Physicist Freese explores dark side of universe in McDonnell lecture
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe — from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars — constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is...
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‘You’re Paid What You’re Worth’
Your pay depends on your productivity and occupation. If you earn roughly the same as others in your job, with the precise level determined by your performance, then you’re paid market value. And who...
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Brantmeier receives grant to promote Arabic and Persian literacy
Cindy Brantmeier, professor of applied linguistics in international and area studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a STARTALK summer grant from the National...
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Washington University to develop lunar resource utilization technology for NASA
Power and in-situ resources are two things humans will need as they explore deep space. How future astronauts use these commodities depends on the technology at hand. That’s why NASA is looking to...
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WashU Expert: How to cope with pandemic anniversary emotions
Anniversaries are an opportunity to recognize important events in our lives — both good and bad — and reflect on how they have shaped us. There will be no shortage of anniversaries this month. There...
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Barbara Kunkel: Prolific researcher, exceptional educator
Kunkel Barbara Kunkel studies the complex battle between plants and pathogens. As a postdoctoral trainee, she pushed the field forward in our understanding of how plants sense and respond to the...
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Breaking Down the American Rescue Plan
On March 11 — exactly one year after the World Health Organization first declared a global COVID-19 pandemic — President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. The expansive...
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Wysession receives award for science literacy work
Wysession Michael Wysession, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently named the winner of the 2021 Geosciences in the Media...
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Mathematician Frankel receives NSF CAREER Award
Steven Frankel, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his...
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Anti-Asian racism nuanced and often intertwined in misogyny
On March 16, a man went on a shooting rampage at three Atlanta spas, killing eight people, including six Asian women. The killings have sparked outrage and fear in the Asian American community, but...
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