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Anjan Thakor, the John E. Simon Professor of Finance at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, received an honorary doctorate Oct. 25 from the University of Gothenburg’s School of Business, Economics and Law in Sweden.

Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, will discuss privacy and civil rights issues in health care at a Nov. 13 event hosted by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy in Arts & Sciences at WashU.

Call it an X-odus: In the week following the election, more than 1 million mostly left-leaning people joined Bluesky, a social media network founded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Meta’s Threads also has reported growth in recent months as more users are seeking an alternative to Elon Musk’s right-leaning X.

College-educated workers drive innovation and economic development and contribute significantly to a city’s overall prosperity. With more than a dozen colleges and universities, St. Louis has no shortage of talented students. But keeping that talent in St. Louis after graduation remains a challenge. Attracting and retaining talent in the St. Louis community is a key […]

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In her new book, Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, an assistant professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explores the unique impact that major societal disruptions have on young adults’ developmental trajectories.

Several WashU faculty members contributed to the St. Louis Reparations Commission report, which outlined recommendations for city officials to repair the harm caused by racial injustice.

Nine WashU faculty members have been selected as 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

New research demonstrates potential of digital payments to help alleviate hunger

Could the same digital payment platforms that you use to buy a cup of coffee or make a charitable donation be used to alleviate extreme hunger around the world? That's the question a research team led by Tarek Ghani, an assistant professor of strategy at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, wanted to answer.