Which mask is easier on the ears?
COVID-19 brought masks and with them, a host of questions about how they affect our day-to-day communications, including how well people wearing masks are understood.
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Book explores movement and meaning
In her new book, performance studies scholar Julia Walker in Arts & Sciences shows how modern ways of thinking emerged from five styles of acting.
Doctors explain COVID-19 booster shots
This episode of the “Show Me the Science” podcast discusses the expanding availability of booster vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.
‘WashU Between the Lines’ shares latest installment
The student video project “WashU Between the Lines,” which launched in 2020, offers personal stories and encourages students to really get to know one another. New episodes posted recently.
Videos
Seeing exponential growth for what it is
Jeffrey M. Zacks, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, and of radiology at the School of Medicine, explains why we have such a difficult time with exponential growth and how to make its presentation easier to understand.
Bookshelf
What we don’t understand about poverty in America
“Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty,” a new book by Mark Rank, a leading academic expert on poverty at Washington University in St. Louis, explores the idealized image of American society.