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How new leaders build — or lose — trust over time
The goal of any new leader is to quickly establish a high level of trust and credibility with the team. After all, numerous studies have shown that trust in leadership is linked to higher individual...
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XL-Calibur telescope to examine the most extreme objects in the universe
Researchers in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recently completed initial construction on XL-Calibur, a new balloon-borne telescope. Members of...
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Ssewamala receives $3.2M to address HIV stigma among Ugandan teens
In Uganda, a sub-Saharan country that is home to more than 170,000 adolescents living with HIV, HIV stigma continues to be a significant barrier to HIV treatment adherence. This contributes to low...
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Fail Better: Shubham Tayal
Shubham Tayal came to Washington University in St. Louis with his emergency medical technician certification and a plan to join the Emergency Support Team (EST), the university’s elite group of...
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Most cases of never-smokers’ lung cancer treatable with mutation-targeting drugs
Despite smoking’s well-known role in causing lung cancer, a significant number of patients who develop lung tumors have never smoked. While scientists are still working to understand what spurs cancer...
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‘Fight or flight’ – unless internal clocks are disrupted, study in mice shows
For humans and animals, many aspects of normal behavior and physiology rely on the proper functioning of the body’s circadian clocks. Here’s how it’s supposed to work: Your brain sends signals to your...
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WashU Expert: A more inclusive Bond?
James Bond hurtles through the sky in a silver glider, slicing the clouds like a knife. But piloting the glider is Nomi, the first Black woman granted “00” status by the decades-old film franchise....
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Blood marker could help ID those at risk of debilitating peripheral artery...
To track cardiovascular health, doctors measure blood pressure, cholesterol levels and blood sugar, among a number of other cardiovascular disease risk factors. Such measures can help predict whether...
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Washington University to make historic $1 billion investment in financial...
Washington University in St. Louis will make an unprecedented $1 billion investment in financial aid for students, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. This funding will allow the university to...
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How the expanded child tax credit is helping families
American households making less than $50,000 are more likely than higher-earning families to spend the expanded child tax credit on essential expenses and tutors for their children, found a survey...
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University, region gather to honor Danforth
The Washington University in St. Louis community gathered in Graham Chapel on Oct. 2 to honor the legacy of Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, MD, a leader who transformed the university, the...
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NIH awards 4 medical school scientists prestigious ‘high-risk, high-reward’...
Four scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been awarded prestigious grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at supporting the researchers’...
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$35 million to support study of sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration
People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball or try to run...
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Mokgosi named 2021-22 Freund Teaching Fellow
Two women, dressed in black, embrace beneath a commanding portrait of Harriet Tubman. A man sits at the edge of a bed, sheet tacked over the window, watching a preacher on TV. An officer gazes into a...
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New catalyst helps combine fuel cell, battery into one device
A single device that both generates fuel and oxidant from water and, when a switch is flipped, converts the fuel and oxygen into electricity and water, has a host of benefits for terrestrial, space...
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Facebook controversy raises ethical questions for corporations
This week, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified about the tens of thousands of pages of internal documents she leaked exposing how Facebook prioritized profits over the public’s safety and...
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Author Williams to give in-person reading
Acclaimed author Joy Williams returns to Washington University in St. Louis for a special in-person reading from her new novel, “Harrow,” her first in 21 years, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Graham...
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Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists —...
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Meet the Class of 2025
As part of Bear Beginnings, the Class of 2025 gathered at Francis Olympic Field to watch the men’s soccer team. Hover over the image to learn more about WashU’s newest students. (Photo: Sid...
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Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial underway
A pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial is underway in St. Louis, led by Washington University School of Medicine. About 140 area children, ages 6 months to 11 years, are to receive the two-shot...
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