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High hopes for medical cannabis

In light of Missouri’s new medical marijuana law, WashU researchers detail what we know – and don’t know – about the benefits and risks of cannabis and how federal regulations impact that research.

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WashU Welcomes 27th Cohort of Mellon Mays Fellows

The Mellon Mays fellowship provides funds for original undergraduate research projects in the humanities and social sciences that pertain to identity, social justice, and diversity.

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Energy Policy from the Practitioner's Point of View

The Feuding Physician of Ancient Rome

‘Khush Raho’: The WU Hindi department fosters a family of learning

'Let's solve this': WU students discuss Green New Deal

WashU Expert: New labor laws would strengthen unions, fight income inequalities

Joanna Dee Das named as a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow

Reading revelation

Science Research Roundup: March 2019

200 Years On, ‘The Vampyre’ Still Thrills

Sinking really low – the story of a microbe, electricity and carbon dioxide

Gender impacts: Mothers and reentry

Cliff Will wins the 2019 Albert Einstein Medal

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Film Study: Film Exhibition

Cooking for civil rights

Patrick Goff (LA '18) awarded Fulbright Combined Grant

Baby Talk: Listening to the ‘Little Guy’ in Medieval French Literature

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Reading revelation

Is there a difference between divine justice and divine retribution? Religious studies scholars Elaine Pagels and Laurie Maffly-Kipp discuss the Book of Revelation and how it has been interpreted across time, as well as the personal side of their writing and research.

How good is the US economy, really?

Ahead of the midterm elections, Steve Fazzari explores the current state of the economy and explains why widely cited unemployment and growth numbers don't give a full picture.

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Building resilient cities

Washington University in St. Louis senior Marissa Lerner...

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WashU Expert: The global helium shortage hits home

Helium is not just for party balloons. It’s a...

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Washington University announces 2019-20 Great Artists Series

Owens (Photo: Dario Acosta) Eric Owens is a “towering bass-...

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Geoff Childs discusses his research

Geoff Childs in the Department of Anthropology uses anthropological demography to explore what happens to a community when the majority of young people move out for education.

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Getting Lost—and Found—in Peru

Mariel Ehrlich, a junior who is double majoring in sociology and Latin American studies, talks about her time abroad in Lima, Peru and how studying Spanish has changed her perspective on what it means to be a global citizen.

Q&A with Hedy Lee

Hedy Lee, professor of sociology, studies the social determinants of population health and health disparities in the United States.

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Find your path, discover your major

Four students share their sometimes simple and sometimes meandering journeys to find their majors.

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Q&A with Andrew Butler

Andrew Butler, associate professor of education and of psychological and brain sciences, studies the malleability of memory.

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Seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown named Rhodes Scholars

ArtSci seniors Camille Borders and Jasmine Brown have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. The fellow Ervin Scholars are also sorority sisters and good friends.

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