Why do we blame the victim?

Why do we blame the victim?

In a new study published in Evolution and Human Behavior, Washington University researchers explore what causes people to decline lending a helping hand. In many cases, they find a way to blame the victim, resolving inner conflict by finding shortcomings in the person needing help, according to the research.
‘The Souls of the Game’

‘The Souls of the Game’

Gerald Early, the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts & Sciences, is one of five curatorial consultants working with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown to organize “The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball.” The new exhibit will open May 25.
Framework promotes equitable science learning

Framework promotes equitable science learning

Teaching science in a way that includes and engages all learners can be challenging, but a new framework developed by the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis, and published in the journal Science and Children, provides criteria for equitable lesson development in elementary science.
Alabama embryo ruling ‘shocking’

Alabama embryo ruling ‘shocking’

The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent decision that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children” will have far-reaching implications in the state and beyond, said an expert on family law and reproductive justice at Washington University in St. Louis.
Red Reckoning

Red Reckoning

The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life

Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to reconsider almost every aspect of their society, culture, and identity.
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