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Parking and Transportation announces winning shuttle design
The Parking and Transportation Services team at Washington University in St. Louis has unveiled the winning designs for campus shuttles. The team invited the university community during the May town...
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The impact of gender norms on health
The standards and expectations to which men and woman generally conform impact health across life stages, health sectors and world regions, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington...
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St. Louis Surge women’s pro basketball to play at Athletic Complex
The Washington University in St. Louis Field House will serve as home court to the two-time national champions St. Louis Surge, St. Louis’ women’s professional basketball team. The Surge’s new head...
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Structuring sweetness: What makes Stevia so sweet?
The sweetener stevia is isolated from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana (sweetleaf), a perennial herb native to South America. New research from Arts & Sciences reports the x-ray crystal structure of...
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New consumer protection director to speak June 12
Kathy Kraninger, who was named director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) six months ago, will talk about the bureau’s new directions and initiatives in savings policy at 4 p.m....
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Thorp to conclude term as Washington University provost
Thorp Holden Thorp, provost at Washington University in St. Louis, will leave his position effective July 15, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. Thorp, who has served in his current role since...
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Helping schools with suicide prevention
With the goal of preventing youth suicide by helping schools set up a student support system, the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis hosted the Hope Policy Academy June 6. “Schools...
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A new approach to continuing education: Transition planned for University...
University College offers more than 40 degree and certificate programs. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University) Continuing education at Washington University in St. Louis will become more strategic...
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Emotional violence in childhood, adolescence associated with suicidal thoughts
Early exposure to emotional violence “significantly” increases the chances that youths will contemplate suicide, according to new research from three countries conducted by Washington University in St....
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Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act
Even single-celled organisms desire partners every now and then. Leishmania – single-celled parasites that cause infections of the skin and internal organs – have long been known to multiply asexually,...
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Deadly tick-borne virus cured with experimental flu drug, in mice
Only a few cases of the newly discovered Bourbon virus have been reported, and two of them ended in death, partly because no specific treatments are available for the tick-borne illness. Now,...
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Aging delayed in older mice given blood component from young mice
New research has identified a novel approach to staving off the detrimental effects of aging, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study suggests that a...
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The fractal brain, from a single neuron’s perspective
Physicists studying the brain at Washington University in St. Louis have shown how measuring signals from a single neuron may be as good as capturing information from many neurons at once using big,...
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Competence, confidence affect whether investor ‘sharks’ bite
Investors hear a lot of pitches, but they only fund some startups. What criteria do they use? First impressions, apparently. Good looks matter, but not as much an entrepreneur’s perceived competence...
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What happened on July 4, 1776? Maybe not what you think
Hover over image to learn more about the Declaration. What happened on July 4, 1776? Not what you might think. On that historic day 243 years ago, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of...
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Alzheimer’s missing link ID’d, answering what tips brain’s decline
Years before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear, two kinds of damaging proteins silently collect in the brain: amyloid beta and tau. Clumps of amyloid accumulate first, but tau is particularly...
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Designing hyperloop infrastructure
Taylor Clune presents her design “Hyper-Local” during a final review in Givens Hall. (Photo: Carol Green/Washington University) With speeds of nearly 700 miles per hour, hyperloop technology has the...
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Solving a condensation mystery
Condensation might ruin a wood coffee table or fog up glasses when entering a warm building on a winter day, but it’s not all inconveniences; the condensation and evaporation cycle has important...
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Treatment for common cause of diarrhea more promising
One of the most common causes of diarrhea worldwide – accounting for millions of cases and tens of thousands of deaths, mostly of small children – is the parasite Cryptosporidium. Doctors can treat...
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Understanding how tics are suppressed may help some at risk for tic disorders
At least 20 percent of elementary school-age children develop tics such as excessive blinking, throat clearing or sniffing, but for most of those kids, the tics don’t become a long-term problem....
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