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

Drawing from data: a mathematical approach to community representation

1.25.23

Jackrel awarded grant to study proteins linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

1.23.23

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.

11.28.22

‘Compton effect’

11.28.22 |

Arthur Holly Compton, WashU’s ninth chancellor, conducted X-ray scattering experiments in 1922 that demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. At the time, the idea that light had both wave and particle properties was not easily accepted. His discovery stimulated the development of quantum mechanics and was recognized with the Nobel Prize in 1927.

11.23.22

Physicist Errando helps NASA solve black hole jet mystery

11.23.22 |

Manel Errando in Arts & Sciences is part of a team that determined that particle acceleration within black hole jets is best explained by a shock wave within the jet.

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Drawing from data: a mathematical approach to community representation

Jackrel awarded grant to study proteins linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award

Counting Fred Astaire’s steps

Memory studies beyond the classroom

Voicing politics: How language impacts political opinions

Voicing politics: How language impacts political opinions

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

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

‘Compton effect’

‘Compton effect’

Physicist Errando helps NASA solve black hole jet mystery

Physicist Errando helps NASA solve black hole jet mystery

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