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Research highlights gender bias persistence over centuries

3.13.23 |

New research from Washington University in St. Louis provides evidence that modern gender norms and biases in Europe have deep historical roots dating back to the Middle Ages and beyond, suggesting that DNA is not the only thing we inherit from our ancestors.

3.6.23

From Student Union to City Hall

3.2.23

Political Science department hosts pedagogical conference for Midwest educators

2.15.23

WashU great ape, biodiversity research informs decision to expand Congolese park

2.15.23 |

Biodiversity research led by St. Louis scientists helped inform the decision to include the Djéké Triangle in the existing national park.

2.7.23

Cunningham and Ward share Mellon Foundation grant for project on the virality of racial terror

1.30.23

Montaño’s 'Electrifying Mexico' wins third award

12.7.22

Science research roundup: November and December 2022

12.1.22

Voicing politics: How language impacts political opinions

12.1.22 |

In a new book, “Voicing Politics,” Arts & Sciences’ Margit Tavits uncovers the many ways in which linguistic peculiarities of different languages can have meaningful consequences for political attitudes and beliefs around the world.

11.30.22

Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal complex trade network

11.30.22 |

Using advanced geochemical analyses, a team of scientists, including Michael Frachetti, professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences, have uncovered new answers to decades-old questions about trade of tin throughout Eurasia during the Late Bronze Age.

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