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University strengthens archaeological collaboration with Sichuan University,...
A new collaborative research and teaching agreement between anthropology and archaeology programs at Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, will expand student and...
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Class Acts: Helping to end health disparaties
For most of her life, Michelle Mendiola Plá’s Puerto Rican heritage has pushed her to do things she never would have otherwise imagined. The island’s boisterous, bright culture helped Mendiola Plá...
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Live Near Your Work expands to include more neighborhoods, more forgivable loans
Live Near Your Work provides loans for homes near Washington University. Live Near Your Work, Washington University in St. Louis’ employee housing assistance program, is increasing its annual budget,...
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Bacteria’s appetite may be key to cleaning up antibiotic contamination
Antibiotics can be lifesaving for people suffering from serious bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. The drugs are lethal to bacteria — but some bacteria fight back by developing...
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For the Sake of All, community partners unveil new report on segregation in...
A new, 115-page community-driven report on segregation and housing in St. Louis was released April 25 by numerous local partners in the fields of public health, law, fair housing and community...
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The game changers: College Prep scholars graduate, head to college
Cohort 2 of the College Prep Program gathered for a graduation ceremony April 22 at Emerson Auditorium. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University) Delton Utsey joined the College Prep Program at...
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Parking plans for Commencement announced
Washington University in St. Louis announced changes to parking in advance of the universitywide Commencement celebration, which will draw a heavy volume of visitor traffic to the Danforth Campus....
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Three faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are among the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected May 1 to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their...
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‘The community that I come from’
Brick and steel and burnt, broken wood. With his multimedia sculpture “In the morning, still I rise” (2018), artist Ron E. Young explores the materials that built North St. Louis, where he was raised,...
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Kemper Art Museum to close May 22 for expansion
This summer, after years of planning and preparation, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will commence a major expansion designed to increase exhibition programs...
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Video: A musical manifesto
With its complex structure, harmonic depths and propulsive momentum, Claude Debussy’s “Pour le Piano” (1902) was a compositional revolution — a work dedicated, in the words of one critic, “not to the...
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WashU Spaces: Sophomore Camryn Okere
To tour Okere’s room, hover over the image. (Photos: James Byard/Washington University) The Thomas Eliot B House room of Washington University in St. Louis sophomore Camryn Okere is more than a place...
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Taking aim at racial disparities in infant mortality
In the city of St. Louis, expectant parents often face a series of challenges. Primary among those challenges are transportation issues that can lead to missed prenatal visits and inadequate prenatal...
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How a light touch can spur severe itching
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/Hu%20Science%20.mp3 For some people, particularly those who are elderly, even a light touch of the skin or contact with clothing can lead to unbearable...
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Creating good data to drive smart decisions
Before the campaign promise, the policy change or the tax proposal, there is the data point. As a student at Washington University in St. Louis, Channing Hunter has helped municipal leaders in Phoenix,...
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Managing the flow
The Missouri River is the longest and, by some accounts, most heavily engineered river in the United States. From its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains in western Montana, it stretches for more than...
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Women’s Society gives leadership awards, scholarships
The Women’s Society of Washington University announced the winners of the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarships during the group’s annual membership meeting...
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Trustees meet, elect new board members and officers
Wrighton At its spring meeting, held Friday, May 4, the Board of Trustees at Washington University in St. Louis elected five new members, re-elected three members and also elected officers, among other...
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Where therapeutic intuition meets technology
When people are treated for medical conditions, their physician usually monitors the treatment and recovery process based on some type of performance metrics, informed by hard data. However, in...
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Class Acts: The problem solver
Megan Wolf hadn’t even started classes in August of 2014 whenSharon Stahl, then vice chancellor for students, spoke at a preseason meeting of the women’s soccer team, encouraging the new players to get...
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