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Constructing a Class: From Curiosity to Course Listings

3.29.18

Young Hispanic men may face greatest risk from police shootings, study finds

3.29.18 |

The police shooting earlier this month of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s Sacramento backyard has renewed protests over officer-involved deaths of unarmed black men, but research led by Washington University in St. Louis suggests young Hispanic men may face an even greater risk of being killed by police, especially in mixed-income neighborhoods with large Latino populations.

3.28.18

Science Research Roundup: February and March 2018

3.28.18

WashU Spaces: Keith Hengen

3.28.18 |

Keith Hengen, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, collects more than 20 terabytes of data a day. Through big data, new technology and good coffee, Hengen has set out to discover how systems of neurons interact. And, in doing so, he created a new sort of workspace that is both functional and fun.

3.28.18

Bryce Sadtler wins NSF CAREER award to develop better catalysts for alternative fuels

3.27.18

Why Movie History Matters: David Bordwell and Film Studies, Yesterday and Today

3.27.18 |

Film studies scholar Colin Burnett traces the recent trajectory of film studies as an academic discipline in the seminal writings of David Bordwell and finds an exemplar for humanists of all stripes: an open-minded scholar eager to follow a question where it leads him.

3.26.18

Food Culture Along the Silk Road

Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts, study finds.

3.26.18 |

Like passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary urban counterparts, suggests a new study in Scientific Reports.

3.23.18

Olsson Berggren to receive Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence

3.21.18

A new 'wrinkle'

3.21.18 |

What to think of the film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time? Rebecca Wanzo and Laurie Maffly-Kipp exchange ideas about the the book’s leap to the big screen in wide-ranging discussion. Spoiler: these scholars give the edge to the book.

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