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Tidying up: A new way to direct trash to autophagy
Marie Kondo herself couldn’t do it any better. Usually cells are good at recognizing what doesn’t spark joy. They’re constantly cleaning house — picking through their own stuff to clear out what no...
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Olin Award-winning research: Sifting inhuman options for human choices
Dennis Zhang and Jake Feldman’s research started as a debate between Washington University in St. Louis faculty members — a little like the Reese’s candy commercial pitting peanut butter lovers against...
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Centene and Washington University collaborate to advance personalized...
Centene Corp. and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced Monday, April 8, a partnership to transform and accelerate research into treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, breast...
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Specialist enzymes make E. coli antibiotic resistant at low pH
Scientists long puzzled over why bacteria contain so many “redundant” enzymes. Why make several molecules that do the same job, interchangeably, when it would be much more efficient to make just one?...
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McKelvey School of Engineering debuts undergraduate environmental engineering...
Every year, about 40 students in the McKelvey School of Engineering’s Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering (EECE) at Washington University in St. Louis earn a bachelor’s...
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Creating sustainable bioplastics from electricity-eating microbes
Electricity harvested from the sun or wind can be used interchangeably with power from coal or petroleum sources. Or sustainably produced electricity can be turned into something physical and useful....
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It doesn’t pay to play angry when negotiating
Anger, the faux, feigned kind, has been a tool in negotiations for generations. The idea that pretending to be angry can coerce the counterpart into conceding to your terms. Those thinking about using...
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PAD presents ‘Florida’ April 11-14
From left: Dennis Murray, Camden Sabathne and Nathaniel Holmes in Lucas Marschke’s “Florida.” (Photo: Danny Reise/Washington University) The Brooksfield family is determined to take a trip. Nothing...
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Elana Mann and Erik L. Peterson win Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards
Composers/musicians Micaela Tobin (right) and Sharon Chohi Kim (center) perform with Elana Mann’s “hands-up-don’t-shoot-horns” Sept. 29, 2018, at the Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont,...
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$10 million gift aimed at improving treatments for mental illness
Philanthropists Andrew and Barbara Taylor and the Crawford Taylor Foundation have committed $10 million to Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to continue research to investigate the...
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New theoretical model links loans to bank’s capital on hand
The delicate balance between a free banking system and its political regulation appears to be at equilibrium amid the current financial landscape. Yet little more than a decade ago, as a result of the...
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Up to $24 million will help to eliminate two tropical diseases
Research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis over the past decade has helped advance a global campaign led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to eliminate two neglected...
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University celebrates Wrightons’ legacy at Wrightonpalooza
(Video: Tom Malkowicz and Diane Toroian Keaggy) Hundreds of Washington University in St. Louis students, staff and faculty gathered on Mudd Field on April 8 to enjoy Wrightonpalooza, a celebration of...
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Washington University announces 2019-20 Great Artists Series
Owens (Photo: Dario Acosta) Eric Owens is a “towering bass-baritone” (The New York Times) who “shakes you when he sings” (Chicago Sun Times). Pianist Jeremy Denk is a MacArthur Fellow known for his...
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Safety-net hospitals fare better under new Medicare reimbursement rules
New Medicare reimbursement rules provide some relief to safety-net hospitals, shifting the burden of financial penalties toward hospitals serving wealthier patient populations, according to a new study...
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The sticky science of underwater adhesives
Mussels stick to rocks on the seafloor, to aquatic plants, and — to the consternation of boaters — they can hitch rides fastened to seafaring vessels no matter their composition: metals, rubber, glass,...
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Washington University commits $100 million to MD scholarships, education
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has committed $100 million over the next decade to provide scholarships allowing as many as half of its future medical students to attend...
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University community invited to provide input to inform strategic planning...
Martin Under the leadership of Chancellor-elect Andrew Martin, Washington University in St. Louis will embark on a strategic planning process this spring, to be heavily informed by input from members...
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Parking and Transportation announces parking permit rates
Washington University in St. Louis has announced parking permit pricing for the 2019-20 academic year. In the coming weeks, a series of town hall sessions will be held to provide updates and answer...
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Could 2018 tariff impact been foreseen?
A global trade war initially launched with Trump Administration tariffs on Chinese steel in 2018 indeed boosted domestic steel production. But as analysts learned how higher costs would affect...
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