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Quick learners remember more over time
Healthy adults who learn information more quickly than their peers also have better long-term retention for the material despite spending less time studying it, a new study from psychologists at...
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A new Canvas replaces old Blackboard
The online system used by Washington University in St. Louis faculty and students to share coursework, quizzes, assignments and grades is undergoing a change beginning this semester — from Blackboard...
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International coalition, regional partnership tackles climate change
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to being a national sustainability leader. Through cutting-edge education, research and practice, Washington University’s global community is...
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Personal loss, passion for music inspired Common Reading Program winner
Nick Massenburg-Abraham- Reflections in D Major First-year student Nick Massenburg-Abraham was not familiar with this year’s Common Reading Program selection “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”...
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Cordell Institute to take on issues of ethics, policy in data-driven health...
Precision medicine is an approach that allows doctors to more accurately treat and prevent disease by taking into consideration a patient’s data, such as his or her genetics, diet, environment and...
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‘Access to Justice’ is focus of law speaker series
The 2018-19 “Access to Justice” Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis will address a spectrum of high-profile issues including American...
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Enabling ‘internet of photonic things’ with miniature sensors
The video above shows a photonic sensor attached to a drone. A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is the first to successfully record environmental data using a wireless photonic...
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Dave Hullfish Bailey named 2018-19 Freund Teaching Fellow
Life leaves traces. The natural world is shaped and reshaped by human occupation. Cultural histories accrue like strata in the rock. So argues Dave Hullfish Bailey. His wide-ranging artistic practice —...
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Research comes full circle at International Aerosol Conference
Recently, more than 1,500 of the world’s preeminent aerosol scientists gathered in St. Louis for the 10th International Aerosol Conference (IAC). Held every four years — and only every 12 years in the...
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Olin Sports Business Summit Sept. 14
An NBA-heavy discussion tips off the 4th annual Olin Sports Business Summit Friday, Sept. 14, at Washington University in St. Louis. The daylong seminar opens the 2018-19 Lacob Family Business of...
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Diving in to how our brains process information
How our brains process information is intimately tied to the kinds of goals we have or the tasks we need to perform. For example, when showed the word “yellow,” our brains process it differently...
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Gordon receives Luminary Award
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received a 2018 Luminary Award from the Precision Medicine World Conference. He is being honored for his pioneering...
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Genetic testing helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict likelihood of disease recurrence in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a group of cancerous disorders...
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Schooler named director of community relations and local government affairs
JoAnna Schooler has been appointed director of community relations and local government affairs. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) JoAnna Schooler has been appointed director of community...
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‘The Curren(t)cy of Frankenstein’
Patient care. Informed consent. Genetics and transplantation. Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is a thrilling adventure but also a prescient guidebook to the moral and ethical dilemmas of 20th and 21st...
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The ‘new social work’ is performance-based practice, researcher suggests
Rather than social work practice being based solely on a therapist’s intuition and assumptions, social workers should consider a system of evaluation and measurement based on hard data, suggests a...
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Sniffing out error in detection dog data
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports gets to the bottom of it: Why do dogs that are trained to locate poop sometimes find the wrong kind of poop? It happens anywhere from 4 percent to 45...
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Kognito helps faculty, staff discuss mental health concerns with students
Appears agitated. Avoids eye contact. Stops participating in class. The signs of stress, anxiety or depression in a student may be easy to spot. The hard part is knowing what to do next. Kognito...
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Leadership changes on horizon for alumni and development
Blasingame On the heels of the highly successful conclusion of Washington University in St. Louis’ $3.3-billion Leading Together capital campaign, the university has announced administrative changes in...
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Turmoil behind primate power struggles often overlooked by researchers
Anyone who peruses relationship settings on social media knows that our interactions with other humans can be intricate, but a new study in Nature: Scientific Reports suggests that researchers may be...
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