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'It Surfaces With The Same Rawness': A Daughter Remembers Her Mother's Disappearance
Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, was 26 when her mother suddenly vanished. At StoryCorps, she remembers what life has been like having never learned what happened.
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'It Surfaces With The Same Rawness': A Daughter Remembers Her Mother's Disappearance
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Top Quotes from the 2018 MacArthur Fellows
As we get ready to announce the 2019 MacArthur Fellows this fall, we’re taking a look at top quotes from the 2018 MacArthur Fellows.
Why Doesn’t America Have Universal Health Care? One Word: Race
The nation’s first federal health care program served freedmen after the Civil War. From the beginning, white legislators argued it would breed dependence.
Let's Stop Talking About The '30 Million Word Gap'
It's one of the most famous studies ever done on kids. It's often cited as a reason children from poor families struggle in school. But it may be neither 30 million words, nor exactly a gap.
Episode 4: How the Bad Blood Started
Black Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this exclusion, they pushed to create the nation’s first federal health care programs. On today’s episode: Jeneen Interlandi, a member of The New...
Social Policy Institute launches at Washington University | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
The newly formed Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis will bring together the best research evidence from across disciplines to solve real-world challenges. The institute launches Sept. 24.
Recognizing excellence in teaching and service
At the annual faculty welcome reception held in Holmes Lounge, Dean Schaal welcomed new faculty to Arts & Sciences and presented four awards: the Distinguished Teaching Award, the Faculty Leadership Award, the David Hadas Teaching Award, and the...
‘Call Andrew’ | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
“Call Andrew” was his graduate students’ catchphrase. They said his sharply focused insight would always provide clarity and direction. In summer 2018, the university made such a call, and Andrew Martin answered, becoming the 15th chancellor of...
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"People flock to academic life for various reasons...What I love is that everybody is trying to better understand how things work, what the heck’s going on beneath the surface....” @WashUChancellor
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Coursework: Recipes for respect | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
Rafia Zafar, professor of English, American culture studies, and African and African American studies, challenges stereotypes surrounding black American cooking with her new course and book.
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Coursework: Recipes for respect source.wustl.edu/2019/09/course… via @WUSTL
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Six maps that reveal America’s expanding racial diversity
Demographer William Frey unpacks the trends of the America's "diversity explosion" across the country's 100 largest metropolitan areas.
Downtown St. Louis Is Rising; Black St. Louis Is Being Razed
Square co-founder Jack Dorsey is expanding the company’s presence in St. Louis and demolishing vacant buildings on the city’s north side.
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Downtown St. Louis Is Rising..."...gentrification is not a process where all of a place becomes overdeveloped & most housing becomes overpriced...Instead...the high valorization of some neighborhoods required the depression of others."
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In Bahamas, Rescue Efforts Crippled in ‘Crisis of Epic Proportions’
The true extent of its toll is only beginning to emerge, even as Hurricane Dorian continues to lash the archipelago. About 60 percent of the land is under water.
Online Events
IAPHS is pleased to offer online events throughout the year. In most cases, the online events will be recorded and available to IAPHS members to access. Society Collaboration Event “Causal Inference and Population Health” with Dr. Michael Oakes The...
Should Your Avatar's Skin Match Yours?
In a video game, you can try on different identities. But the rules of the real world don't always translate to the fantasy world.
Make science PhDs more than just a training path for academia
Science PhD programmes cater almost exclusively to students bound for academia, but they don’t have to, says Sarah Anderson.
Differential Privacy and the Decennial Census | August 16, 2019
David Van Riper's presentation on 16 August, 2019 titled, "Differential privacy and the decennial census". The slides are below, which can be found by clicki...
Those Hurricane Maps Don’t Mean What You Think They Mean
We use hurricane forecasts to warn people. Why do we misinterpret them so often?
Ai Weiwei Q&A tickets available Aug. 29 | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
The Kemper Art Museum will present more than a dozen events this fall relating to the exhibition "Ai Weiwei: Bare Life." Tickets to a Sept. 26 Q&A with the world renowned artist and activist will be available to museum members and students beginning...