By Julia Parmley
In Africa, there is conflict. There is famine. There is an HIV/AIDS epidemic. These were just some of the stories Bernard Pollack, B.A.’02, M.A.’03, would hear about the...
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By Jennifer Price
A George Washington doctoral student has won a $10,000 dissertation writing fellowship from the American Anthropological Association.
Felicia Gomez, M.Phil...
By Rachel Muir
At age 6, Musadiq Bidar was working 12 hours a day, six days a week in a Pakistani carpet factory.
This fall, he will become a Colonial.
His journey from his...
By Menachem Wecker
When Leo Chalupa, vice president for research, finished drilling freshmen Gaurav Dhiman and Mark Mallozzi about their poster on detecting sources of bacterial...
A Drug’s Unintended Consequences
Men taking medication for hair loss may suffer from prolonged and possibly irreversible sexual dysfunction, according to a recent study by Assistant Professor of Medicine Michael S. Irwig.
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In his 2003 State of the Union address, former President George W. Bush proposed $1.2 billion in funding for research developing hydrogen-powered cars. “A simple chemical reaction between hydrogen...
By Danny Freedman
A new, greatly simplified method for determining the biting force of animals may offer insights into the diets of early humans, according to researchers.
By...
Alumna Lectures on Feminist Art
By Menachem Wecker
Faye Gleisser, M.A. ’09, enrolled in her first art history course as a freshman at Washington University primarily as a ploy to sidestep a foreign language requirement....
By Julia Parmley
In 1957, Thomas Buergenthal enrolled in New York University’s Law School because his late father, Mundek Buergenthal, had studied law. But he found himself specifically...
By Menachem Wecker
Even weeks after the tragic death of sophomore Taylor Hubbard, friends and acquaintances continued to leave appreciative comments and to post pictures on his Facebook...