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Noodling around

9.7.18 |

Steven Frankel, assistant professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, talks about why there are no obvious questions in math — and the link between the geometry of a space and how that space changes over time.

9.7.18

Making sense, pictures of medical data

9.7.18 |

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what if you don’t want a whole essay? A computer engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is building visualizations to clarify and condense health risk data for patients.

9.7.18

Quick learners remember more over time

9.7.18 |

Healthy adults who learn information more quickly than their peers also have better long-term retention for the material despite spending less time studying it, finds a new study from psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis finds.

9.6.18

Meet Our New Faculty: Social Sciences

9.6.18

Preparing for the competition

9.6.18

Buera installed as Cook Professor

9.6.18 |

Francisco Buera has been named the Sam B. Cook Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University. He was installed May 7 at a ceremony in Ridgley Hall’s Holmes Lounge.

9.6.18

Sunsetting of PARC

9.5.18

Kaepernick, fans and the corporate megaphone

9.5.18 |

“Nike is turning towards a younger, more diverse America because they’ve calculated that Trumpian claims about compulsory patriotism and black athletic obedience will not win out,” says Noah Cohan, who studies sports narratives and fandom at Washington University in St. Louis.

9.4.18

Adjaye to receive Washington University International Humanities Prize

9.4.18 |

British architect Sir David Adjaye, who led design of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, will receive the 2018 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis. The $25,000 prize is among the largest U.S. awards in the humanities.

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