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Police kill unarmed black Americans more often, especially when they are women, study finds

2.1.18

Q&A with Andrew Butler

1.30.18

Republican Congress got tax bill victory, but at what price?

1.30.18

Brass Tax: Cutting through the politics of tax reform

1.30.18 |

As Americans begin to file their last returns under a fading tax system, it’s time to cut through the politicking and positioning. Washington University in St. Louis compiled researchers and experts across campus to attempt to put the new tax reform into perspective, plainly speaking.

1.29.18

Record expansion of U.S. hate groups slows under Trump administration

1.24.18

Tate named a top influencer in higher education

1.19.18

Keep It Moving: Transience, Debility and the Management of Homelessness

1.19.18 |

Public transportation areas have increasingly incorporated principles of “defensive urban architecture.” But such locations have long been part of the infrastructure of homeless services. What is the effect on people who are homeless, inquires Terrance Wooten, when the environment itself is hostile to them?

1.10.18

McDaniel recognized for prospective memory research

1.10.18 |

Mark McDaniel, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is co-recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Conference of Prospective Memory.

1.3.18

Did ancient irrigation technology travel Silk Road?

1.3.18 |

Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient irrigation system that allowed a farming community in northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world’s driest desert climates.

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