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

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.

11.9.22

Thirsty wheat needed new water management strategy in ancient China

11.9.22 |

Research from the laboratory of archaeologist Xinyi Liu in Arts & Sciences shows that a practice of purposeful water management, or irrigation, was adopted to help cultivate wheat in northern China about 4,000 years ago.

11.2.22

Something in the water

11.2.22

Worsening racial inequality in home appraisals detailed in new report

11.2.22 |

Using data from the newly released Uniform Appraisal Dataset, which includes 47.3 million home appraisals conducted over the last decade, WashU’s Elizabeth Korver-Glenn and Junia Howell of the University of Illinois Chicago demonstrate stark inequalities in appraisal values between homes in white neighborhoods and communities of color.

11.1.22

Tavits installed as the Dr. William Taussig Professor

10.14.22

They knew, and now you should know, too

10.14.22 |

Sarah Kendzior’s latest book dives into the culture of conspiracy that arises when citizens let others do the thinking for them.

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