Surviving a Syrian prison
Sam Goodwin, a graduate student in international studies in Arts & Sciences, traveled to all 193 United Nations sovereign countries from 2010 to 2019. But he came horrifyingly close to missing...
View ArticleThe business of giving
When Brenda Asare, MBA ’89, lost her grandparents to cancer, she decided to work at the American Cancer Society (ACS) to raise awareness about the disease. After finishing her undergraduate degree,...
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Searching for life in the cosmos
In her 2020 book The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World, Sarah Stewart Johnson, AB ’01, recounts when, as a WashU sophomore, she was on a class trip to Hawaii led by Raymond Arvidson,...
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Sticky toes unlock life in the trees
Many lizards are phenomenal climbers. Their sharp, curved claws are ideal for clinging to tree trunks, rocks and other rough surfaces. However, in the precarious world of tree tops — filled with...
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WashU faculty look to advance scholarship on legacies of racial violence
In an effort to advance research and policy addressing legacies of racial violence, three Washington University faculty members — David Cunningham, Hedwig Lee and Geoff Ward — have co-edited a special...
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Zafar edits African American Review special issue
Rafia Zafar, professor of English, African and African-American studies and American culture studies, all in Arts & Sciences, has co-edited a special issue of the African American Review dedicated...
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17-year study of children associates poverty with smaller, slower-growing...
Children in poverty are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than their better-off peers. Plenty of past research has looked into the physical effects of childhood poverty, or...
View ArticleA novel way to learn business
Earlier this year, GameStop was the hottest story on, and off, Wall Street when its stock price soared by 1,700% over a short period of time. The once-struggling company’s meteoric rise defied logic....
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In search of refuge
Legend has it that notorious outlaw Jesse James had a secret hideout in Meramec Caverns where he evaded capture for years. Could the same sort of strategy work for rare plants: using parts of the...
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Pakrasi to work on positive farming effort
Pakrasi Himadri Pakrasi, the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences, received a $75,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National...
View ArticleWashU runs in the family
Some families hand down heirlooms from generation to generation. But the most prized possession of the extended Glazer family is not a set of fine china or a vintage wedding dress or any physical...
View ArticleSurviving a Syrian prison
Sam Goodwin, a student at WashU, traveled to all 193 United Nations sovereign countries from 2010 to 2019. But he came horrifyingly close to missing that mark: In May 2019, he was detained at a Syrian...
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A brief history of the cabbage butterfly’s evolving tastes
The cabbage butterfly, voracious as a caterpillar, is every gardener’s menace. Turns out, these lovely white or sulfur yellow butterflies started trying to take over the planet millions of years...
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Postdoc wins training grant
Rowles Joe Rowles, a postdoctoral research associate working with Gary Patti in chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won a Molecular Oncology Training Grant to...
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Searching for life in the cosmos
In her 2020 book The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World, Sarah Stewart Johnson, AB ’01, recounts when, as a WashU sophomore, she was on a class trip to Hawaii led by Raymond Arvidson,...
View ArticleAn unfinished ending
When Sayed Kashua left Israel in 2014, a news crew from the Israeli investigative news show Fact documented his departure. Kashua had become one of Israel’s most prominent Palestinian voices. His show...
View ArticleWashU runs in the family
Some families hand down heirlooms from generation to generation. But the most prized possession of the extended Glazer family is not a set of fine china or a vintage wedding dress or any physical...
View ArticleSurviving a Syrian prison
Sam Goodwin, a graduate student at WashU, traveled to all 193 United Nations sovereign countries from 2010 to 2019. But he came horrifyingly close to missing that mark: In May 2019, he was detained at...
View ArticleAn unfinished ending
When Sayed Kashua left Israel in 2014, a news crew from the Israeli investigative news show Fact documented his departure. Kashua had become one of Israel’s most prominent Palestinian voices. His show...
View ArticleA novel way to learn business
Earlier this year, GameStop was the hottest story on, and off, Wall Street when its stock price soared by 1,700% over a short period of time. The once-struggling company’s meteoric rise defied logic....
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