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Stories of Incredible People, Research, Learning, and Leadership Happening in Arts & Sciences

Noodling around

9.7.18 | Natural Sciences & Math, Research

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.

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Making sense, pictures of medical data

9.7.18 | Social Sciences, Research

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 | Social Sciences, Research

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.

9.5.18

Kaepernick, fans and the corporate megaphone

9.5.18 | Arts & Humanities, Research

“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.

8.30.18

Faster than we thought: sulfurization of organic material

8.30.18 | Natural Sciences & Math, Research

Processes that were thought to take tens of thousands of years can happen in hours, according to new research. And that may change our understanding of the carbon cycle, and maybe the history of Earth’s climate.

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