The owner’s box
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The owner’s box

June 17, 2023

For lawyer and investment group co-founder Fitzann Reid, owning an Italian basketball team is ‘just the beginning.’ In the 11 years since graduating from Washington University, Fitzann Reid, JD ’12, has worked as an attorney, taught courses at WashU’s School of Law and co-founded Cotogna Sports Group (CSG), an investment group focused on purchasing and […]

An 80-year odyssey of repatriation and repair
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An 80-year odyssey of repatriation and repair

June 17, 2023

Jewish books stolen by Nazis during World War II returned to Prague — by way of Washington University Libraries. In February 1972, more than 100 cartons of books made a cross-country journey from Los Angeles to St. Louis. Washington University paid $30,000 for the thousands of volumes that would comprise the bulk of the Shimeon Brisman Collection in […]

Lizards reveal workings of evolution 
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Lizards reveal workings of evolution 

Renowned evolutionary biologist Jonathon Losos has spent his storied career studying anole lizards in South America and the Caribbean. The small, primarily tree-dwelling creatures, a relation to the iguana, encompass some 400 species, and nearly half of them live on islands.

The evolution of rice
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The evolution of rice

June 5, 2023

Kenneth Olsen, the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology, frequently works with international colleagues to study the evolution and genetics of plants. Much of his focus is on rice, a crop that has been grown under human control for 10,000 years. Olsen explained that domesticated crops are like prolonged experiments in natural […]

Taiwan MOE-WashU Fellows

An esteemed group of scholars, the Taiwan Ministry of Education-Washington University Fellows, represent a select cohort from diverse disciplines. These fellows are granted tuition coverage, a monthly stipend for living expenses, and an annual travel allowance through the combined support of Washington University in St. Louis and the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Meet our current […]

Discovering the future of information storage
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Discovering the future of information storage

Mechanical metamaterials are materials that are designed to have specific properties, such as being able to bend or twist in certain ways. Guy Genin, Harold and Kathleen Faught Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McKelvey School of Engineering, along with collaborative researchers from Tsinghua University, a McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner, are studying how these materials […]

Improving heart failure care in India
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Improving heart failure care in India

April 18, 2023

The overarching goal of Dr. Anubha Agarwal’s NIH/Fogarty Global Health Fellowship year was to answer the question: How can we improve heart failure care in South India?

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