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‘The Souls of the Game’
Rube Foster (left), Jackie Robinson and Curt Flood are pictured. (Photos: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; National Portrait Gallery; and St. Louis Cardinals/Wikimedia Commons) Gerald Early...
View ArticlePreschoolers with depression at greater risk of suicide during adolescence
Preschoolers with clinical depression are more likely than their peers to have attempted suicide or to have had thoughts of killing themselves by age 12, according to a new study from researchers at...
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How bias shows up in maps made with citizen science data
When biologist Elizabeth Carlen pulled up in her 2007 Subaru for her first look around St. Louis, she was already checking for the squirrels. Arriving as a newcomer from New York City, Carlen had...
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Capturing the power of ‘Black Girl Magic’
As they try to find their place in school and society, Black girls can face additional challenges including behavioral double standards, excessive discipline and other subtle and not-so-subtle forms...
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Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars
Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark matter, according to research from Washington University in St. Louis. On...
View ArticlePreventing early-onset colorectal cancers aim of $25 million award
Colorectal cancer rates in adults under age 50 have been increasing in the U.S. and globally. The risk of developing such cancers has been rising with each generation since the 1950s, but scientists...
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Why do we blame the victim?
In an age of GoFundMe campaigns, it’s easier than ever to help family, friends and even strangers in times of need. It’s also easy to look the other way. “Most people see themselves as cooperative and...
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Amarnath Ghosh, student in Arts & Sciences, 34
Amarnath Ghosh, a master’s of fine arts candidate in dance in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was killed in the Academy/Sherman Park...
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Brain Bee gives St. Louis students a chance to explore neuroscience
More than 60 high school students representing 32 schools conducted experiments, explored careers in neuroscience and tested their knowledge of the human brain and the nervous system at the 14th...
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Biologist Olsen helps launch global wild rice alliance
Biologist Kenneth Olsen, in Arts & Sciences, joined researchers from 24 countries in an effort to strengthen cooperation and solve a key problem of improving rice yields. (Photo: Joe...
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Pandemic made its mark on personality traits
Major life changes can affect personality, and the COVID-19 pandemic was the rare big life event that all humans shared together. “This was a really unique opportunity to see how a life event that’s...
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Grammy nominee Joyce Yang performs March 24
Joyce Yang (Photo: KT Kim) Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang plays with “agility, balance and velocity” (Washington Post), her “vivid and beautiful” (New York Times) performances combining...
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African Film Festival spotlights diversity of continent
The 18th annual African Film Festival returns to Washington University in St. Louis March 22-24. Highlights include screenings of “Omen,” an award-winning drama from the Democratic Republic of Congo;...
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With NASA support, device for future lunar mission being developed at WashU
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are developing a prototype for an instrument for a future Moon mission with support from a nearly $3 million grant from NASA. Jeff Gillis-Davis, a...
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Krawczynski installed as Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished...
Henric Krawczynski was installed as the Wilfred R. and Ann Lee Konneker Distinguished Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences. (Photo: Rebecca K. Clark/Washington University) Henric Krawczynski...
View ArticleFive factors to ensure an infant thrives
There are basic resources every baby needs for the best possible chance to develop as a healthy well-functioning human. Start with good nutrition, breast milk if possible. That baby is going to need...
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MFA dance concert March 22 and 23
A still from “Seasons: Colors of My Life: A Take on Tagore’s Compositions,” a dance film by Amarnath Ghosh. On Feb. 27, Ghosh was killed in St. Louis’ Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood. A homicide...
View ArticleHappiness may protect against dementia
A sense of well-being can have a profound impact on health, especially for the aging brain. Higher levels of well-being have been robustly associated with a lower risk for future dementia, researchers...
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‘Modern-day redlining’: Research investigates Wall Street-backed rental market
Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences and founding director of Washington University in St. Louis’ Center on Urban Research & Public Policy, is leading a...
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Preventing another ‘Jan. 6’ starts by changing how elections are certified,...
The 2024 presidential election may be a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, but preventing a repeat of Jan. 6, 2021 — when false claims of a stolen election promoted...
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