A federal appeals court has revived part a suit in which employees of Washington University in St. Louis alleged the university mismanaged their retirement savings plan.

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Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. Researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically known as guano that was ...

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Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. Researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically known as guano that was ...

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African American residents in St. Louis are exposed to far greater environmental risks than whites, contributing to stark disparities in health, wealth and quality of life, a new report from Washington University has found. Released earlier this month, the report ...

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African American residents in St. Louis are exposed to far greater environmental risks than whites, contributing to stark disparities in health, wealth and quality of life, a new report from Washington University has found. Released earlier this month, the report ...

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When researchers at the University of Kentucky compare brains donated from people who died with dementia, very rarely do they find one that bears only Alzheimer’s trademark plaques and tangles — no other damage. If they do, “we call it ...

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When researchers at the University of Kentucky compare brains donated from people who died with dementia, very rarely do they find one that bears only Alzheimer’s trademark plaques and tangles — no other damage. If they do, “we call it ...

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Missouri Supreme Court judges hearing an attorney discipline case May 29 expressed concerns that ruling in favor of the lawyer could water down a rule prohibiting ex parte communications between attorneys and opposing parties. The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel ...

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The 2019 Women’s Justice Awards selection committee has chosen Kimberly J. Norwood, the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law at Washington University, as Missouri Lawyers Media’s Woman of the Year.

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A former executive at Washington University in St. Louis has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for embezzling roughly $400,000 from the school. Barbara Skudrzyk of Rock Hill was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court. She pleaded guilty ...

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A former executive at Washington University in St. Louis has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for embezzling roughly $400,000 from the school. Barbara Skudrzyk of Rock Hill was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court. She pleaded guilty ...

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