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  • Freelance Science and Travel Writer, Freelance
  • Columnist and Contributor, Nature
  • None, Nature, Los Angeles Times (US)
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Want to reach your goals? Start with your emotions, WashU experts say

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| The Ampersand (Washington University) Verified
Did you wake up this morning with a list of aspirations for the day? Maybe you fully intended to go for a run, finally finish writing that paper, or make it to Genius on the Spelling Bee without hints. If not, there’s always tomorrow. Whether we acknowledge them or not, our days are filled with goals large and small, said Nate Eckland, AB ’15, a senior scientist in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. “We all have an ocean of goals that cross our minds in day-to-day life,” he said.
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A physics pioneer: Walter Massey’s lasting legacy

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| The Ampersand (Washington University) Verified
Over a remarkable career spanning six decades, Walter Massey has earned his fair share of recognition for pioneering work across physics, academia, and industry: distinguished service citations, humanities prizes, statewide commendations, and a staggering 41 honorary degrees. But when he looks back on it all, there’s one place that shaped his journey: Washington University.
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Fighting the fading mind

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By Chris Woolston Verified
| The Ampersand (Washington University) Verified
A photo of his father, who died of early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2016, sits on Keith Hengen’s desk. Keith Hengen was a postdoc studying the intricacies of the brain when Alzheimer’s disease began dismantling his father’s mind. Each year, the illness took something new: a memory, a habit, a piece of recognition. Hengen could only watch. “I felt so powerless and lost,” he said. “The irony was humbling and unavoidable.
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