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A spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said Monday the office was waiting for information before charges can be considered.

Washington University officials said that all arrested demonstrators will be charged with trespassing and that some of them also will be charged with resisting arrest and assault over skirmishes with police.

The protest follows a letter from students, faculty and staff accusing Washington University leaders of curtailing their freedom of speech.

The “In St. Louis, for St. Louis” plan aims to put the university’s commitment to the region in the community and on the map.

A new sensor would help scientists learn more about the mineral and elemental composition of the moon. There’s already some understanding of the elements and minerals that make up the surface of the moon but not on the far side or poles.

For Wash U professor Ian Bogost, checking email has become a source of daily torment.

Results from recent polling suggest that there’s enough political will to end the practice of switching between daylight saving time and standard time every spring and fall.

Research and data suggest that Black girls in U.S. public schools are disciplined more harshly than white girls. A study in the Journal of Black Psychology that’s co-authored by a Washington University professor finds that programming for Black girls can boost self-esteem and helps with racial trauma.

For many years, Washington University has portrayed one of its founders, William Greenleaf Eliot, as an abolitionist. But, in 2021, a group of students and faculty disproved that notion and even showed Eliot was vehemently opposed to abolitionism.

The St. Louis-based private university has quadrupled its low-income students since 2013. The school's administrators say their strategies to do so could be applicable nationwide.