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Like Zika, West Nile virus causes fetal brain damage, death in mice
Two viruses closely related to Zika – West Nile and Powassan – can spread from an infected pregnant mouse to her fetuses, causing brain damage and fetal death, according to a new study from Washington...
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University community to come together Feb. 13-14 for Day of Discovery & Dialogue
The Washington University in St. Louis community will convene Feb. 13-14 for the fourth annual Day of Discovery & Dialogue event. This year’s theme is “We’ve Got to Find a Way: Staying Resilient in...
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Culturally-adapted intervention may help Hispanics with serious mental illness
The first study to examine the initial impact of a culturally-adapted health care manager intervention aimed at helping Hispanics with serious mental illness finds the intervention shows potential for...
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Series to focus on ‘Religion and Politics in an Age of Fracture’
John Inazu will take part in a panel discussion Feb. 6 on divisions in religion and politics. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Bridging divisions in religion and politics will be the topic of...
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A new tool to study Huntington’s disease
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have transformed skin cells from patients with Huntington’s disease into the type of brain cell affected by the disorder. The...
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Honoring St. Louis’ Olympic legacy
Washington University in St. Louis will add another architectural jewel to its historic campus later this year when an Olympic Rings “Spectacular,” a five-ring sculpture, is installed at the end of...
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Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 6, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective that day unless otherwise noted....
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Police kill unarmed blacks more often, especially when they are women, study...
Blacks, especially women, are more likely to have been unarmed when killed by police than non-blacks, and that risk appears to increase in police departments with a greater presence of non-white...
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Advancing well-being with global partnerships
Washington University in St. Louis strives to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems, but the effort doesn’t occur in a vacuum. The university is fully engaged with a global network of...
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New life for endangered coastal lupine
Excavators and bulldozers unearthed invasive beachgrass from sand dunes at Point Reyes National Seashore in 2010. The removal has resulted in a large and lasting reduction in seed predation pressure...
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Entrepreneurship fellows selected
Two faculty members were named inaugural faculty fellows in entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis. Vijay Ramani, the Roma B. and Raymond H. Witcoff Distinguished University Professor...
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Ritz Chamber Players in concert Feb. 16
The Ritz Chamber Players At age 16, violinist Kyle Lombard made his solo debut with the Kansas City Symphony. In the years since, Lombard — a faculty member in the Department of Music in Arts &...
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Health departments must plan for changing workforce, study finds
State health departments are lagging in planning for the replacement of retiring employees, according to a survey from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Roughly 85 percent...
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Opening minds, doors, opportunities
After decades of working to help people with hearing loss, Nancy Tye-Murray, professor of otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, had a realization: “If I don’t turn my...
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Getting to know Meg Jay
Jay What makes a person resilient? Is the ability to endure and thrive found within us, or something that must be learned and developed? Clinical psychologist and author Meg Jay has dedicated her...
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Despite odds, fish species that bypasses sexual reproduction is thriving
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/Amazon%20molly%20.mp3 The very rare animals that reproduce asexually — only about one in 1,000 of all living vertebrate species — are thought to be at an...
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Every rose has its thorn — and its tick
East Coast forest sites overtaken by invasive multiflora rose (a), and without rose (b). (Image: Washington University, University of Delaware) When it comes to avoiding Lyme disease, know your forest....
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Washington University
Members of the all-male a cappella ensemble The Stereotypes sing their hearts out for Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air … and the lab … and the lecture hall. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, The...
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Turning ideas into action
Washington University in St. Louis’ first Day of Discovery & Dialogue was held in February 2015, six months after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the unrest and activism that followed....
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Race, insurance status linked to job loss after breast cancer
Job loss following early-stage breast cancer diagnosis is associated with race and insurance status, but not with any clinical or treatment-related factors, finds a new study from the Brown School at...
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